No girl has ever offered to feed my enemies' fingernails…

A girl offered me E at the club. 'Have you ever done E?' 'I watch E.'

— Mike Birbiglia

“Here, this is for you," the girl said, holding out one of the pages on which she'd been drawing. "Oh, I... well, thank you."…

— Tracy Anne Warren

Well, does he still have his fingernails? Making inquiries while negotiating the release of a US Army pilot from North Korea, in Time.

— Bill Richardson

The temptation is to stay inside; to subside into the kind of recluse whom neighborhood children regard with derision and little awe; to let…

— Margaret Atwood

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.

— Johnny Carson

“The second man I meet is Andrew, and he has dirty fingernails so I can't notice if he is nice or not. I can…

— Gabrielle Zevin

Adam has always had . . . heroic tendencies.” I touched Adam’s arm. “He’s my hero.” There was another pause. . . “That is…

— Patricia Briggs

“The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring…

— James Joyce

“in a slapfight with Jesus my face bleeds because no one cut their fingernails back then”

— Daniel Bailey

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another…

— Mario Batali

With fingernails that shine like justice

— Cake

Action films are emotionally and physically draining, and you're dirty and sweaty. In a romantic comedy, you have to have your fingernails perfect, you're…

— Morris Chestnut

For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off.

— Johnny Carson

“She grips my elbow tighter, somehow finding the thinnest skin to dig her fingernails into. I want to pry her fingers from my arm,…

— Beth Revis

“Now, from the crown of my head to the curve of my toe-nails, there was an unguent for every part of me - oil…

— Sarah Waters