Fingernails Quotes

87 quotes by 80 authors

My gripe is not with lovers of the truth but with truth herself. What succor, what consolation is there in truth, compared to a story?… — Diane Setterfield
When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall, and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A… — Harper Lee
Andy says, I don't understand how they can give loans to people who want to spend two weeks lying on the sand at the goddam… — Frank McCourt
You don't know. When I'm out there at night I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and… — Tim O'Brien
Maybe i would become a mermaid... i would live in the swirling blue-green currents, doing exotic underwater dances for the fish, kissed by sea anemones,… — Francesca Lia Block
Just because he has black fingernails doesn't mean he's a monster-that's how you've defended yourself for years. — Ellen Schreiber
Everything is a self-portrait. A diary. Your whole drug historyâ€™s in a strand of your hair. Your fingernails. The forensic details. The lining of your… — Chuck Palahniuk
There was nothing I hated worse than clumps of whispering girls who got quiet when I passed. I started picking scabs off my body and,… — Sue Monk Kidd
The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over… — John Steinbeck
Imagine losing fingernails, Harry! That really puts our sufferings into perspective, doesn't it? — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
if you think of a relationship as a living entity, I guess it's one thing if the missing two percent is, like, a fingernail. But… — Jodi Picoult
Gosh, what a gripping story. You must have been simply terrified. Meanwhile we went to Godric's Hollow and, let's think, what happened there, Harry? Oh… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need… — Chuck Palahniuk
Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared. — Suzanne Collins
The temptation is to stay inside; to subside into the kind of recluse whom neighborhood children regard with derision and little awe; to let the… — Margaret Atwood
Guys like him, the ones who grip the Bible so tight they leave fingernail grooves, they're the ones who are the most scared of their… — David Wong
She dismounted, grabbed Enna's hand so tightly that she drew blood with her fingernails, walked straight into the nearest cottage, and plopped down on a… — Shannon Hale
Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking. Never let them know what you have under your fingernails. I think your… — Mario Puzo
His mouth captured hers, trying to show her with his kiss what he was still learning to express in words. He loved her. He worshipped… — Julia Quinn
I know Mark,' I reply. 'And I don't like him.' 'But I do. And part of being social means being civil to someone you don't… — Jodi Picoult

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