#needle

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. ↗

— Helen Keller

#carpet #grass #lush #luxurious #me

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#closet #girl #give #her #i

I'm afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles. ↗

— Catherine O'Hara

#afraid #except #i #needles

Then the long nights, that were also days, in the hospital. And the long blanks, that were also nights. Needles, and angled glass rods to suck water through. Needles, and curious enamel wedges slid under your middle. Needles, and - needles and needles and needles. Like swarms of persistent mosquitoes with unbreakable drills. The way a pincushion feels, if it could feel. Or the target of a porcupine. Or a case of not just momentary but permanently endured static electricity after you scuff across a woolen rug and then put your finger on a light switch. Even food was a needle - a jab into a vein... ("For The Rest Of Her Life") ↗

— Cornell Woolrich

#needles #recovery #surgery #food

True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun. ↗

— Barton Booth

#needle #pole #sun #true

Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#blood #chief #fat #heart #increases

I've been leading newsrooms for a while now and it's been an honor serving as Editor in Chief of N.J., but I really think that my best shot at moving the needle in politics is by getting close to it - by reading, reporting, tweeting and writing. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#best #chief #close #editor #getting

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. ↗

— Edwin Way Teale

#eliminating #labors #life #needless #reduce

Mrs. Pocket was at home, and was in a little difficulty, on account of the baby's having been accommodated with a needle case to keep him quiet during the unaccountable absence (with a relative in the Foot Guards) of Millers. And more needles were missing than it could be regarded as quite wholesome for a patient of such tender years either to apply externally or to take as a tonic. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#dickens #great-expectations #needle #tonic #home

You're a bad person, Ellie," he said without a trace of irony. "I'm not bad. The world is bad and I'm just trying to survive in it. ↗

— Karina Halle

#sins-needles #artists