Swabbing Quotes & Sayings

One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety. — Mo Yan

So the king went all through the crowd with his hat swabbing his eyes, and blessing the people and praising them and thanking them for being so good to the poor pirates away off there; and every little while the prettiest kind of girls, with the tears running down their cheeks, would up and ask him would he let them kiss him for to remember him by; and he always done it; and some of them he hugged and kissed as many as five or six times - and he was invited to stay a week; and everybody wanted him to live in their houses, and said they'd think it was an honor; but he said as this was the last day of the camp-meeting he couldn't do no good, and besides he was in a sweat to get to the Indian Ocean right off and go to work on the pirates. When — Mark Twain

The body was not yet fully rigorous and was still slightly warm as I began swabbing any area that a washcloth might have missed. I — Patricia Cornwell

There's nothing wrong with Plan B.Play it right, and no one will even know it wasn't your first choice. — Diana Peterfreund

If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas. — Brian Eno

Often we talk about God's ability to change lives without fully understanding how to access that power. — Erwin McManus

The boy held her tighter, murmured soft words to lull her to sleep.
"It's only a nightmare," he whispered. "The dreams will stop."
He didn't understand. The dreams were the only place it was safe to use her power now, and she longed for them. — Leigh Bardugo

How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see? — Maria Montessori

Cooking was something women did to nourish and nurture their families, whereas for men it was largely something they did professionally to gain money and status. — Padma Lakshmi

Put it away or use it."
I chuckled at Butch's threat. Flipping the sword in the air, I caught it with ease.
"Show off," he muttered swabbing at the wood around my chair. — Freedom Matthews