“Other girls play with soft toys,” I said, “and you play with knives…” — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The knife flaying the elephant does not have to be large, only sharp! — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
Take pride away from a man and you might as well run a knife through his heart. — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
Fighting emotion with logic is like bringing a calculator to a knife fight — Josh Sundquist Copy Share Image
This editor is a critic. He has pulled out his carving-knife and his tomahawk and is starting after a book which he… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
A man may as well open an oyster without a knife, as a lawyer's mouth without a fee. — Barten Holyday Copy Share Image
Only those who have felt the knife can understand the wound, only the jeweller knows the nature of the jewel. — Meera Copy Share Image
Did you know the pen is stronger than the knife: they can kill you once but they can't kill you twice. — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
He danced on the knife’s edge between awareness and sleep. When he dreamt like this, he was a king. The world was… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Oblige me by taking away that knife. I can't look at the point of it. It reminds me of Roman history.” — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“He is not angry now; knives are not angry. He is not tearful now; knives are not tearful. He is simply sharp… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Many comedians consider themselves to be cutting edge. But why do we have to use the knife for the analogy. Let's use… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
Did you see those Iraqis making that pilgrimage slashing their foreheads with knives and whipping their backs with chains. See, when Saddam… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
It is this kindness of his that unsettles me most. I can dodge a blow or block a knife. I am impervious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what justice is. Justice is a knee in the gut from the floor on the chin at night sneaky… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
Men can't be trusted with pruning shears any more than they can be trusted with the grocery money in a delicatessen .… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
People cleave to their worldly possessions and selfish passions so blindly as to sacrifice their own lives for them. They are like… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The supposedly immaterial soul, we now know, can be bisected with a knife, altered by chemicals, started or stopped by electricity, and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
[The doctor] peeked into the trauma room and saw the situation: the clerk - that is, me - standing next to the… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
I said to Mr. Pavarotti once ... a marvelous man and a great artist ... I said to him ... "Maestro, I'm… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Cut that in Three, which Nature hath made One , Then strengthen hyt, even by it self alone, Wherewith then Cutte the… — John Dee Copy Share Image
To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
He should have known better because, early in his learnings under his brother Mahmoud, he had discovered that long human words (the… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be." "That's not… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Cooking isn’t taught,” Patch said. “It’s inherent. Either you’ve got it or you don’t. Like chemistry. You think you’re ready for chemistry?”… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I'm a great believer in conversational rhythm. I think in terms of rhythmic dialogue. It's so easy, you can talk naturally. It's… — Lorenz Hart Copy Share Image
. Deeply, he felt the love for the run-away in his heart, like a wound, and he felt at the same time… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Don’t give me your knives. Don’t give up. Don’t you dare give up.” — Jennifer Estep Copy Share Image
For me, it's better to wake up with a paintbrush than a knife in my hand. -Peeta — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
It’s the order of things: each one gets a taste of honey then the knife. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I'll use the knives for spreading jam, and the gas to warm my greying love. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
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