Quotes About Phantom Limbs

#1. Just as there are phantom limbs there are phantom histories, histories that are severed and discarded, but linger on as thwarted possibilities an compelling nostalgias.

Adam Phillips

#2. [Tessa] knew about phantom limbs [....] Her cheek, where the Englishman's fingers had been, did not exactly ache ... but very strangely, most curiously ... it felt.

Eva Ibbotson

#3. People have this impression that I'm this crazy Christian, but I'm really balanced.

Cheryl James

#4. The hobbits began to feel very hot. There were armies of flies of all kinds buzzing round their ears, and the afternoon sun was burning on their backs.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#5. Thank you for saving my life," Mr. Braddock said stonily, his eyes unbearably sad. "I will not forget it."
"And I will send you daily reminders to make sure," Mr. Kent replied.

Tarun Shanker

#6. Of course the edges of the wound struggle to close up
and the clock wants to be set going
(how awkward to be pointing permanently to half past one)
amputated limbs feel phantom pain

Katarina Mazetti

#7. Suddenly I felt vastly underdressed. Hell, even the woman dressed down as a hobo had diamonds on.

Kim Harrison

#8. You Can't Replace A Star with A Lightbulb

Latif Mercado

#9. Keeping the mind happy makes work effortless. This is the skill for productivity!

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#10. It's not so long ago that men of your ilk believed in witches and superstition," I pointed out. "Medieval times," he said, waving a hand in the air to dismiss the notion. "This is 1867. The Church has come a long way since then.

John Boyne

#11. My parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.

Dani Shapiro