Deft Quotes
20 quotes by 18 authors
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Eva Stachniak has given readers a thrilling glimpse into the scandals and secrets at the heart of the Russian Imperial court. With deft prose and…
— Deanna Raybourn
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Carver's best book yet! FROM A CHANGELING STAR combines deft characterization and fascinating extrapolation into a complex, compulsively readable thriller. I wish all science fiction…
— Craig Shaw Gardner
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Brilliant. [Lasdun] seems to me certainly among the most gifted, vivid, and deft poets now writing in English, and far better than many who are…
— Anthony Hecht
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Overwatch doesn't just bring together the legal and espionage genres. It merges family problems with professional ones, swirls in a major helping of murder and…
— Brad Meltzer
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Clinton's fakery was so deft and deeply ingrained that it was impossible to tell where it ended and the real Bill Clinton began. This constituted…
— Rich Lowry
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A pretty woman is a Christmas tree,' my mother told me in the airport. This fella is hanging things on my branches as his gaze…
— Joshilyn Jackson
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I feel genuinely sorry for those who are so blinded by narrow partisanship that they cannot appreciate Limbaugh's energy, intelligence and satiric skill. They live…
— Camille Paglia
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What is enthralling and illuminating about The Metaphysical Club is its portraits of individuals and their milieus. Menand is wonderfully deft at evoking a climate…
— George Scialabba
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As for 'story' I never yet did enjoy a novel or play in which someone didn't tell me afterward that there was something wrong with…
— E. M. Forster
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It's a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic.
— Ron Fournier
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You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when…
— Dr. Seuss
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The baby dove into the room, transforming grotesquely as it landed on the floorin a deft sumersault
— Brandon Mull
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I am proud of who you were, David-that hurt person who refused to "die." And I'm more caring, giving, fixing person, the guy with the…
— Dave Pelzer
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I opened myself to you only to be skinned alive. The more vulnerable I became, the faster and more deft your knife. Knowing what was…
— Rabih Alameddine
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Curse him for being all tight muscle, with ivory skin and a mouth as soft as rose petals. Curse him for having hair as fair…
— Tamora Pierce
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Here," Myrnin said, his voice still gentle and low. "Amelie said you had to work. No one said you had to work alone." He picked…
— Rachel Caine
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His hands as he worked were deft and sure, but so gentle -- he was being careful not to hurt me any more than he…
— L.A. Weatherly
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You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.
— Deanna Raybourn
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Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left. And will you succeed? Yes! You will,…
— Dr. Seuss
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Chris Paul is one of the brightest stars in the National Basketball Association, a must-see player with the New Orleans Hornets whose deft ball skills…
— Don Yaeger
Who Wrote These Deft Quotes
18 authors contributed a total of 20 Deft Quotes as follows: