Adrienenglish Quote by Josh Lanyon

“He went down and found the body floating. Francis had been dead about an hour. In one of his hands, clutched so that they…

— Winston Graham

“Or did you have your fingernails honed on a whetsone, my darling?”

— Ray Bradbury

“He has probably gnawed his nails down to the quick, or murdered poor Mr. Orde.”

— Georgette Heyer

“He takes a pick out of it and starts cleaning his nails. "Nice intimidation tactic," I say. "Very textbook. I'd expect something more original…

— Carrie Jones

“I wanted to pull out his toenails and poke them in his eyeballs.”

— Nicole Peeler

“Bernard said this last word like it was full of nails and might gut him to spit it out.”

— Hugh Howey

“Bill walked slowly to Cara's dressed and leaned on the edge, folding his arms as the pine creaked under his weight. Even the furniture…

— Melissa Landers

“I’m a nail biter. Not when I’m nervous, but when I misplace my hammer.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Really?” Mister Sun said. “You killed a man with the same knife you use to make brunch, and you’re suddenly squeamish about a hammer.”

— Warren Ellis

“There was something in the shape of his fingers that I hated.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I thought, Hell, that’s pretty quick for a woman with Lee press-on nails.”

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

“I cannot bear to look at his hands, they are like wax. Under the nails is the dirt of the trenches, it shows through…

— Erich Maria Remarque