Cold Quote by George R.R. Martin

“There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife. The knife had a handle of polished black bone, and a blade…

— Neil Gaiman

“His fingers wrapped around the smooth metal handle, and he eased the knife from its sweat-patinaed leather sheath and weaved the blade skillfully through…

— Jacqueline Patricks

“I have wondered,” he said, so low I could scarcely hear him. “Wondered often, if I could call that edge to my service, and…

— Diana Gabaldon

“When he awakened again he could stand, and did. He doused his head in cold water and drank four glasses of water. The water…

— Dashiell Hammett

“It’s the dull knife that cuts you.”

— N.D. Wilson

“... with all the sweetness of a chocolate-coated razor-blade.”

— Kerry Greenwood

“Where d'you get the knife?" He wished he had one. "He gave it to me." There was a crumpled shape in the shadows by…

— Joe Abercrombie

“He looked honored, extraordinarily honored, seeming to care for that which tore his flesh than he did for the flesh itself, embracing the blade…

— Helen Oyeyemi

“He looked like he’d been carved from himself by jagged tools, an unsteady hand giving him angles where there should have been curves; the…

— Laekan Zea Kemp

“Who was the first that forged the deadly blade? Of rugged steel his savage soul was made.”

— Tibullus

“I was rolling the dead warrior over to steal his cloak, too, knowing it would be far too large on me, when I noticed…

— Kimberly Derting

“Men were like blades, they would all break sooner or later, you included. But you looked around at the men you led, and in…

— Richard K. Morgan