Sharp Quotes

863 quotes by 710 authors

That's the funny thing about old hurts- they just wait for new heartache to come along and then show up, just as sharp and horrible… — Lilith Saintcrow
i feel like a curtain has dropped away and i'm seeing people for who they really are, different, and sharp, and unknowable. — Lauren Oliver
Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start- the way a map that shows too much can sometimes… — Haruki Murakami
Stories heard but not recalled. Letters too. Words filling my head. Fragmenting like artillery shells. Shrapnel, like syllables, flying everywhere. Terrible syllables. Sharp cracked. Traveling… — Mark Z. Danielewski
He was a volatile mixture of confidence and vulnerability. He could deliver extended monologues on professional matters, then promptly stop in his tracks to peer… — Alain de Botton
In those days, I still thoroughly enjoyed the romance I called "by myself"; I didn't know yet how it gets lonely, picks up a sharp… — Elizabeth Kostova
Have you ever experienced a pain so sharp in your heart that it's all you can do to take a breath? It's a pain you… — Chelsea Handler
This new world was a vicious, sleek world made of street lights and tight jeans, sharp smiles and fast cars. This was a city, edited.… — Maggie Stiefvater
A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which… — Louisa May Alcott
I want to be healed and whole and perfect again, like a misshapen slab of iron that comes out of the fire glowing, glittering, razor-sharp. — Lauren Oliver
Be yourself-- Matthew Clairmont. Complete with your sharp vampire teeth and your scary mother, your test tubes full of blood and your DNA, your infuriating… — Deborah Harkness
Womens, they ain't like men. A woman ain't gone beat you with a stick. Miss Hilly wouldn't pull no pistol on me. Miss Leefolt wouldn't… — Kathryn Stockett
May Your Swords Stay Sharp!" - Lan Pendragon — Robert Jordan
I went about the job in a direct way. I took the hatchet in both my hands and vigorously beat the fish on the head… — Yann Martel
My platform's called Don't Even Think About It. I go to schools and I say, 'Whatever bad thing it is you're thinking of doing, don't… — Libba Bray
Someone once asked Somerset Maughham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. "I write only when inspiration strikes," he replied.… — Steven Pressfield
Peppermint swirled into my nostrils, sharp as glass, then raspberry almost to sweet, like too-ripe fruit. Apple, crisp and pure. Nuts, buttery, warm, earthy — Maggie Stiefvater
And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours, Claire? I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted… — Diana Gabaldon
Her handwriting was curious Â— small sharp little letters with no capitals (who did she think she was, e. e. cummings?). — Erich Segal
Then I noticed that my shadow was crying too, shedding clear, sharp shadow tears. Have you ever seen the shadows of tears, Mr. Wind-Up Bird?… — Haruki Murakami

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