Machiavellian Quote by Joe Haldeman

“We all need something to soften the sharp edges. To give us balance. Otherwise, I think we'd find ourselves stumbling around in the dark…

— Karen White

“You don't need to be so fierce and bluffing.. if you already know that I can't be intimidated.”

— Toba Beta

“What good is an edge if you can’t push someone over it?”

— Dannika Dark

“I am In short a man on the edge of everything.”

— Stephen King

“Dilemma? Let him have his way with something simple, or keep getting my way and him torture me later? Hmmm. I guess I'm more…

— J.A. Redmerski

“Maybe you entertain me.” He says with supreme confidence as if he’s in control of the situation. “Like a monkey with an attitude and…

— Susan Ee

“Sometimes in life, we all need a little nudge to get us moving in the right direction. If we ignore it, we’re likely to…

— Julie Ortolon

“But the moment of his consent almost escaped his notice; certainly, there was no struggle, no sense of turning a corner.”

— C.S. Lewis

“If I were an enemy, and I started bearing down on you like this," he draws his sword, stretches the tip towards me, takes…

— Rae Carson

“Do you mind,” he asked politely, “if I slide my blade under your skin, just a little?”

— Mercedes M. Yardley

“Sometimes when we’re standing at the edge, we don’t need anyone to talk us down...we just need a push.”

— Buffi Neal

“The grindstone has only good intentions for the blade.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller