"Waddya want me to do? through my sling shot at him?"
— Shirley Hughes

"The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind."
— Scott Westerfeld (Uglies)

"He lifts her breasts, which fit perfectly into his hands, though he knows this is no promise that he gets to keep them. A million things you can't have will fit in a human hand."
— Barbara Kingsolver

" Great is the hand that holds dominion over/Man by a scribbled name."
— Dylan Thomas

""I wanna hold your gland.""
— John Lennon

"She held out her hand, like a man. He hesitated, then took the hand and shook it. It was very warm. You could not help but be aware of the wild passage of blood on the other side of its wall, veins, capillaries, sweat glands, tiny factories in the throes of complicated manufacture. [He] looked at the eyes and, knowing how eyes worked, was astonished, not for the first time, at the infinite complexity of Creation, wondering how this thing, this instrument for seeing, could transmit so clearly its entreaty while at the same time—-Look, I am only an eye—-denying that it was doing anything of the sort."
— Peter Carey (Oscar and Lucinda)

"Never look down on anyone unless you're looking down to extend a helping hand, or word."
— Barbara Hart