A Quote by Anne Sexton

the marriage twists, holds firm, a sailor's knot.

Anne Sexton

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Firm Holds Knot Marriage Sailor Twists

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Anne Sexton
American - Poet
November 9, 1928 - October 4, 1974

With knot of one, the spell's begun. With knot of two, the spell be true. With knot of three, the spell is free. With knot of four, the power is stored. With knot of five, the spell with thrive. With knot of six, this spell I fix.

Deborah Harkness

I've tried and I can't. The thought of it twists me in a knot.

Rachel Gibson

Long ago in China, knot-makers tied string into buttons and frogs, and rope into bell pulls. There was one knot so complicated that it blinded the knot-maker. Finally an emperor outlawed this cruel knot, and the nobles could not order it anymore. If I had lived in China, I would have been an outlaw knot-maker.

Maxine Hong Kingston

Just the sound of his voice twists my stomach into a knot of unpleasant emotions like guilt, sadness and fear. And longing. I might as well admit there’s some of that too.

Suzanne Collins

God holds each of us by a string. When we sin, we cut the string. But God ties it up again, making a knot. Each time our wrongdoing cuts the string, God ties another knot drawing us up closer to Him.

Meister Eckhart

God in heaven holds each person by a string. When you sin, you cut the string. Then God ties it up again. Making a knot, bringing you a little closer to Him. Again and again your sins cut the string and with each knot God keeps drawing you closer and closer.

Anthony de Mello

When I was drawing this, I thought I’d put together Sailor Saturn and Sailor Chibi-Moon in a pair. Then I followed it with the Sailor Quartet. One of these days I’m going to put this team together into the manga. What a weird thing that would be. Anyway, here’s the six.

Naoko Takeuchi

I believe in tying the marriage knot, as long as it's around the woman's neck

W. C. Fields

you shall tie the marriage knot with the ropemaker's daughter and the cawing of the crows will be your wedding song.

Jacob Grimm

I swear like a sailor, assuming the sailor in question died in 1800 and was really square.

Alexandra Petri

The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head

Herman Melville

Whoever you are, you've got to start from where you are. If you're a sailor, and only know sailor's language, well, write in it, for God's sake.

Peter Levi

A firm hand is one which holds the horse in full contact.

Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere

In Italy, they say rain on your wedding day is symbolic of fresh beginnings, cleansing, a pure marriage, and also a wet knot that can't be untied.

Whitney Wolfe Herd

Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate; And many a Knot unravel'd by the Road; But not the Master-knot of Human Fate.