Edge Quotes

1418 Edge quotes by 1078 unique authors

Joy and sorrow in this world pass into each other, mingling their forms and their murmurs in the twilight of life as mysterious as an… — Joseph Conrad
Moments like this act as magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls: fleetingly, yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has come… — Muriel Barbery
In northwest Alaska, kunlangeta "might be applied to a man who, for example, repeatedly lies and cheats and steals things and does not go hunting,… — Martha Stout
Some bridges you crossed on your own, no matter who drove you to the edge — J R Ward
When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: either there will be ground to stand… — O.R. Melling
Don't you understand?" snarled Rincewind. "We are going over the Edge, godsdammit!" "Can't we do anything about it?" "No!" "Then I can't see the sense… — Terry Pratchett
When they first kiss, there on the beach, they will kneel at the edge of the Pacific and say a prayer of thanks, sending all… — Francesca Lia Block
He leaned her back against the tub, setting her head on the edge, then washed her shoulders. "I know I left you once." She opened… — Kelley Armstrong
Despite Langdon’s six-foot frame and athletic build, Anderson saw none of the cold, hardened edge he expected from a man famous for surviving an explosion… — Dan Brown
It's a quiet place, so people talk quietly," said Naoko. She made a neat pile of fish bones at the edge of her plate and… — Haruki Murakami
After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge. — Richard Matheson
Derek picked the spot? Had he been hoping I'd be blinded by the morning sun and stumble off the edge? — Kelley Armstrong
Do they see the lethal insanity of a race to the brink of oblivion, and then over the edge? Apparently not. If they did, surely… — Stephen King
Cold and silence. Nothing quieter than snow. The sky screams to deliver it, a hundred banshees flying on the edge of the blizzard. But once… — Laurie Halse Anderson
An old market had stood there until I'd been about six years old, when the authorities had renamed it the Olde Market, destroyed it, and… — Neal Stephenson
Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
He doesn’t pretend,” the punk pixie said. He nodded toward Doyle. “Nice rings. You got anything else pierced?” “Yes,” Doyle said. The boy smiled, making… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Once released from life, having lost it in such violence, I couldn’t calculate my steps. I didn’t have time for contemplation. In violence it is… — Alice Sebold
Stop it." Isabelle tapped a booted foot in the shallow water at the lake's edge. "Both of you. In fact, all three of you. If… — Cassandra Clare
This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his life for… — Alistair Maclean
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. — George R. R. Martin
Peter curled his hands into fists at his sides. 'Kiss me,' he said. She leaned towards him slowly, until her face was too close to… — Jodi Picoult
Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life - Shogun. — James Clavell
How had I managed to tie my boots? I didn’t even remember getting dressed. I was out here in public at the mall. What was… — Lilith Saintcrow
If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you… — John Irving

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