She turned to Skulduggery and held out her arms. “Come here, you. ” He tilted his head. “My hugs are for special occasions only. ” “Hug me. ” “I prefer the old tradition. ” “Hug. ” “Would a handshake do?” “Hug. ” “A pat on the back?” She stepped forward and wrapped her arms round him. “Hug,” she said. He sighed, and his hands settled on her shoulders. The others were warm and their embraces strong – with Skulduggery the hug was cold, and there were areas on his jacket that gave way beneath her fingers, and she could feel the emptiness within. She didn’t mind.
I don't understand why America embraces Lady GaGa and Katy Perry and all of the "pop stuff" as much as they do. The Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber are also included, and I don't really get any of that. Maybe that means that I am old. That stuff seems like it isn't that "authentic. " Katy has a cool writing style though, and her lyrics can be poignant and mean stuff from time to time. I really appreciate that about her.
Anyone who says the Backstreet Boys can't sing is crazy. They're probably just reading some highbrow critic who hates anyone the general public embraces. I'm sorry, but those boys sing their butts off. They work hard on their choreography, and on their harmonies. Their tracks are tight and solid. Their songs are musical and memorable.
Be certain that in the religion of Love there are no believers and unbelievers. LOVE embraces all.
And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way.
My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical.
The loftiness of understanding embraces all. It requires as much spirit to suffer the failings of others as it does to appreciate their good qualities.
When gratitude replaces judgment, peace spreads throughout your body, gentleness embraces your soul, & wisdom fills your mind.
Winning is a state of mind that embraces everything you do.
There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.
The 'Church' is. . . catholic because her communion embraces the whole human race.
The diversity of physical arguments and opinions embraces all sorts of methods.
Now do you not see that the eye embraces the beauty of the whole world? It counsels and corrects all the arts of mankind. . . it is the prince of mathematics, and the sciences founded on it are absolutely certain. It has measured the distances and sizes of the stars it has discovered the elements and their location. . . it has given birth to architecture and to perspective and to the divine art of painting.
The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?
Love is visceral and real. Love is physical. It embraces all things. Love doesn't space you out or take you out of this world.
I love the plus (fashion) industry! It embraces a lot of women who would otherwise disappear into the background. I truly love what I do!
When death occurs, death as you know it, the universe embraces you and takes you to its heart.
A truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion.
Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses.
The state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a greater degree than any other, and at the highest good.
