poetry’s favourite moment is when one loses one’s footing because of a landslide or seismic shaking of thought
– Michel Leiris
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- A hand touched my shoulder, shaking me. I was back on the bus. It was dark and warm and I just wanted to sleep, but Chloe kept shaking my sho – Kelley Armstrong
- She was certain this trip would be a landslide of regret, anger and resentment, crumbling around a day of sadness. – Shannyn Leah
- What harm does lying cause? One loses people’s trust. And once one loses trust, he becomes worthless. – Dada Bhagwan
- Love is the only memory one never loses, Isaac.- His father had said. -œBecause even if one loses his mind the memory always remains in the heart. – Felix Alexander
- Love endures every circumstance; Love never loses hope, never loses faith and never gives up. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his. – Ronald Reagan
- Without judgments life loses its hierarchical quality of being a choice between preferences and by losing that, it loses it’s savor. – Auliq Ice
- The nicest veterans in Schenectady, I thought, the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who’d really fought. – Kurt Vonnegut Jr
- New ideas leave the old ones shaking in their shoes, don’t they? – Suzanne Hayes
- Those with no one to blame are alone with their grief. – Antoine Leiris
- It’s a small thing, a life. – Antoine Leiris
- He was trying to find his footing in a world both familiar and foreign – HW Brands
- Memory was a slippery thing-”slick moss on an unstable slope-”and it was ever so easy to lose one’s footing and fall – Kelly Barnhill
- The fact that we can neither prove nor disprove the existence of something does not put existence and non-existence on an even footing. – Richard Dawkins
- We who lose our footing have lost our way. – Anasazi Foundation
- Everyone Deserves An Equal Footing. – RE Conary
- Every moment is a moment of hope, moment of beauty, a moment of joy and it is our life. – Debasish Mridha
- My favourite thing is when my mother goes in the other to go and to talk to the phone, I use that moment for wisdom. – Deyth Banger
- He thought of his wife, of his son, of his youth. He thought of life. He thought of death and then he thought of life again. – Teodor Flonta
- You said one day you would come back for usThe ones that believed in youThe ones that asked you into their heartsThe ones that served you – April Nichole
- Dreams give purpose to one’s life. If you do not wish anything better for yourself or for your loved ones, then life loses meaning. – Stephen Richards
- Transported to a different culture, thought often loses its subtlety and can even rampage like a wild beast. – Minae Mizumura
- Look at him,- she said, shaking her head. -œTravis Maddox: Mr. Mom. – Jamie McGuire
- His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling. – Joseph GordonLevitt
- I can’t stop shaking. I need you. I want you. I can’t let myself have you. – Kelli Maine
- His heart expanded until he was nothing but a heart. A giant pounding heart on two shaking legs walking over to her. – Suanne Laqueur
- When the positive mind takes the lead, the legs are safe to follow without any shaking! – Israelmore Ayivor
- Breakups have a way of shaking us awake and helping us see what we really want vs. what we are willing to settle for. – Mandy Hale
- You can cower,- she told them in a clear voice, wrapping her long shaking fingers around the cold iron bars. -œBut I will stand. – Gwenn Wright
- I don’t know about you, but I believe that in our present time we are definitely shaking things up with human fate in this world. – Kat Lahr
- With a shaking hand, he reached for his ????, and stroked it slowly from base to tip. Clearly, prayer time was over. – Rosanna Leo
- You’ll find you spend half your second year shaking off the undesirable friends you made in your first… – Evelyn Waugh
- I took a step back, shaking my head, wishing I could place a gnarly black hex on him. My daddy taught me better than that. – Mary Buckham
- Sometimes things need shaking up. You’ve got to test the limits. – Lindsey Kelk
- Fearing the wind that causes the shaking branch directs you to where energy is needed for improving your life. – Andrea Dye
- Oh hell no,- he exclaimed, shaking his head. -œI’m not playing Buffy the goddamn Vampire Slayer with you. – DL Wainright
- The professor stared straight ahead. He felt Husam’s eyes upon him. He clenched his hands together tightly, lest their shaking reveal everything. – Christian F Burton
- Okay,- he said, his breath hitching, his hands shaking like hell as he pried her arms from around his neck and set her – Cindy Gerard
- Ronald Reagan was just as angry. But he made you want to stand right alongside him and shake your fist at the same things he was shaking his fist at. – Rick Perlstein
- There are many, many, many worlds branching out at each moment you become aware of your environment and then make a choice. – Kevin Michel