Getting to know someone Quote by Jacqueline Patricks

“Grief—in all of its agony—burrowed deep into her essence, its serrated edges killing her piece by piece.”

— R. W. Patterson

“Her beauty was like the edge of a very sharp knife.”

— Janet Fitch

“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

“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

Sharp knives seemed to cut her delicate feet, yet she hardly felt them, so deep was the pain in her heart. She could not…

— Hans Christian Andersen

“Each word plunged a knife into her body and spirit, crushed her with the burden of who she was.”

— Sarah sundin

“Her heart swelled with the high holiness of it all. Imminence was all around. She was both warrior and shining spear. She was a…

— Kate Atkinson

“Watching, she had felt unusually and keenly alive, alive the way a knife is sharp, so that the humiliation she was enduring was perfect,…

— Sonya Hartnett

“He reeked of blood—that awful, otherworldly Valg blood. He pushed her face a little harder into the wall, his body an immovable force against…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with the one is wounded with the other.”

— Victor Hugo

“She was beautiful and radiant. He remembered the concern in her eyes. The same concern drove her now, pushing her toward acts of violence.…

— Ilona Andrews

“It seemed to Kestrel that her life had taken the shape of a folded knife, her heart a blade inside a body of wood.”

— Marie Rutkoski