Scrape

Famous quotes containing the word scrape:

“and a man climbing
must scrape his knees, and bring
the grip of his hands into play. The cut stone
consoles his groping feet. Wings brush past him.
The poem ascends.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.”
—C.E. (Charles Edward)

“Job took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Job 2:8.