Sharp Quotes

863 quotes by 710 authors

my mind is a big hunk of irrevocable nothing which touch and taste and smell and hearing and sight keep hitting and chipping with sharp… — E E Cummings
opening the book, i inhaled. the smell of old books, so sharp, so dry you can taste it. — Diane Setterfield
Vade Mecum I want the scissors to be sharp and the table perfectly level when you cut me out of my life and paste me… — Billy Collins
I was in the black silence of a medieval street, and blindly I followed its sharp turns, comforted by the height of its narrow tenements,… — Anne Rice
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, our snow, began to stretch out beside us and twinkle against the windows,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
There were no men in this painting, but it was about men, the kind who caused women to fall. I did not ascribe any intentions… — Margaret Atwood
There was a sharp crack from somewhere on the mountain. Then another. It's just a tree falling, he said. It's okay. The boy was looking… — Cormac McCarthy
Between childhood, boyhood, adolescence and manhood (maturity) there should be sharp lines drawn with tests, deaths, feats, rites, stories, songs, and judgments. — Jim Morrison
thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce. — William Shakespeare
As a young man I was scornful about the supernatural but as I have got older, the sharp line that divided the credible from the… — Colin Wilson
Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and Iâ€™m a happy man. — George R. R. Martin
I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society â€” because once you marry within a… — Bell Hooks
He stepped back and threw his arms out. "I'm always crazy around you Rose. Here, I'm going to write an impromptu poem for you." He… — Richelle Mead
Looking at them now, thought Jim, you'd never believe they weren't in love with each other, and not with a hopeless, doomed obsession like poor… — Philip Pullman
Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. But against the… — Lisa Ann Sandell
I'll tell you, my friends: it's all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of companionship and love.… — Roberto Bolano
Never a possession, always the possessor, with skin as pale as smoke, and eyes tawny and sharp as yellow wine: Desire is everything you've ever… — Neil Gaiman
His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools and scoundrels. It… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
Stephanie,' Valerie said. 'She's going to have a baby, and she's getting married.' My father was confused. He looked around the room. No Joe. No… — Janet Evanovich
Statues are too much like dolls, and dolls are creepy. You keep expecting them to blink. And the ones that smile, like this?" Eve kept… — Nora Roberts

Who Wrote These Sharp Quotes

710 authors contributed a total of 863 Sharp Quotes, led by these top contributors: