Sharp Quotes

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But even so, every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness. The very water I drink, the very air I breathe,… — Haruki Murakami
He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers… — Beverly Cleary
It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest… — Marianne Williamson
You agreee with me that the situation is a lulu? Certainly, a somewhat sharp crisis in your affairs would appear to have been precipitated, Sir. — P.G. Wodehouse
To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp… — W. S. Gilbert
The fruition of the year had come and the night should have been fine with a moon in the sky and the crisp sharp promise… — Sherwood Anderson
Youâ€™ll find your one-in-a-million. But youâ€™re sharp enough to know thereâ€™s no point in sludging through the first nine hundred, ninety-nine thousand, and ninety-nine to… — Kaye Gibbons
The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will… — Victor Hugo
Hello, Halberstam," Owen says, walking by. Hello, Owen," I say, admiring the way he's styled and slicked back his hair, with a part so even… — Bret Easton Ellis
It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts. — Patricia Briggs
This is my knife. It is very sharp and very eager to hurt you. — Daniel Handler
Our age not only does not have a very sharp eye for the almost imperceptible intrusions of grace, it no longer has much feeling for… — Flannery O'Connor
Youâ€™re pretty sharp, Clive. Do you believe in God?â€ Clive smiled. â€œI donâ€™t know, should I?â€ Actually, approaching the matter from a purely logical perspective,… — Ted Dekker
it is this broken road with pitfalls and sharp turns and unexpected traverses that has brought me joy and adventure. — Alice Walker
Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children… — Debra Ginsberg
There are no more barriers to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the… — Bret Easton Ellis
Her fingers moved among barnacles and mussels, blue-black, sharp-edged. Neon red starfish were limp Dalis on the rocks, surrounded by bouquets of stinging anemones and… — Janet Fitch
Ah, but you're the insidious type--Jane Eyre with of touch of Becky Sharp. A thoroughly dangerous girl. — Dodie Smith
Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others. — Brandon Mull
...a choice had to be made when your husband said something unkind. Specifically: be cruel, be strong, or sulk. 'Be cruel' by saying an unkind… — Jaclyn Moriarty

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