#handshake

To Jack, there was nothing more powerful than a promise made over a handshake. He would have died ー literally chosen death ー before breaking his word. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#promises #death

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye. ↗

— Lord Acton

#another #beg #does #either #eye

Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake. Sometimes there's poetry written right on the bathroom wall. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#beauty #blow #easy #handshake #hear

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. ↗

— Jhumoa Lahiri

#embrace #first #handshake #perhaps #sentence

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#embrace #first #handshake #perhaps #sentence

Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem. ↗

— Paul Celan

#basic #between #cannot #difference #hands

If I had a hand for a penis, would a hand job be appropriate in place of a handshake at business meetings?  ↗