Sharp Quotes

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It's a soft-sounding word, 'never,' but its velvety timbre can't hide its sharp edges...Never pressed down on him. It grabbed him by the neck and… — Kathi Appelt
What can I expect from myself? My sensation in all their horrible acuity, and a profound awareness of feeling. A sharp mind that only destroys… — Fernando Pessoa
I sit quietly and think about my mom. It's funny how memory erodes, If all I had to work from were my childhood memories, my… — Audrey Niffenegger
Morning drew on apace. The air became more sharp and piercing, as its first dull hue: the death of night, rather than the birth of… — Charles Dickens
I am running through a snowfall which is her thighs, he dramatized in purple. Her thighs are filling up the street. Wide as a snowfall,… — Leonard Cohen
I went to the entrance to the restroom, where the hallway did a sharp bend so nobody could peek into the girls' pee-palace. — Lilith Saintcrow
Ella was vapid and worthless at least nine-tenths of the time, but when she got really mad, her face became sharp and purposeful. Almost vicious.… — Francine Pascal
By the Angel," Jace said, looking the demon up and down. "I knew Greater Demons were meant to be ugly, but no one ever warned… — Cassandra Clare
In this game he had acquired a great deal of muddled knowledge, more than one approximation and less than one certitude. And absence of energy,… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
After the sharp-eyed jay and the roaring lion, peace will come on dove's gentle wing. — Erin Hunter
You hurt her by starving yourself, you hurt her with your lies, and by fighting everybody who tries to help you. Emma can only sleep… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time, but facts are… — Dean Koontz
Believe this," he whispered, and kissed her with the sharp, sleek kiss, the silver kiss, so swift and true, and razor sharp, and her warmth… — Annette Curtis Klause
It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in… — Muriel Spark
Nico strode forward. The enemy army fell back before him like he radiated death, which of course he did. Through the face guard of his… — Rick Riordan
Rose is in red, But never in blue, Sharp as a thorn, Fights like one too. — Richelle Mead
Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged sword Kit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events) — Daniel Handler
Mircea must have heard us come in, but he continued what he was doing. He stood with his back to us, the candlelight on his… — Karen Chance
The stones were sharp, The wind came at my back; Walking along the highway, Mincing like a cat. — Theodore Roethke
His lips tasted cool and sharp, peppermint, winter, but his hands, soft on the back of my neck, promised long days and summer and forever. — Maggie Stiefvater

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