Blades Quote by Patricia McCormick

Then I place the blade next to the skine on my palm. A tingle arced across my scalp. The flood tipped up at me…

— Patricia McCormick

Mama tied a blindfold over my eyes. The next thing I felt my flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back…

— Waris Dirie

I was slicing sweet potatoes. A mandoline slicer popped my thumb right off. About a minute later, I looked on the floor, and there…

— Matt Mitrione

I stood looking down out of the window. The street seemed miles down. Suddenly I felt as if I'd flung myself out of the…

— Doris Lessing

I spot the knife on the table, I slowly float over to it, Picking it up, feeling the cool blade, Knowing it will pierce…

— Anonymous

Everything whirled around me, an uncontrollable blur. Waiting. Waiting. For an answer, for a response. I didn't know how to stop or slow down…

— Sarah Wilkins

I remember the moment when it hit me. I was walking down Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side, and it felt like I…

— Matisyahu

To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not…

— Li-Young Lee

I limbered up just a little before entering the stadium, and even so I felt a twinge in my thigh, no doubt the fruit…

— Jules Ladoumegue

His finger flicked open a button on my cardigan-then two, three, four. It tumbled off my shoulders, leaving me in my camisole. He pushed…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

Tension pulled my eyes open when her fingers traced a trail down my neck. Sensation blossomed, and I threw my head back and sucked…

— Kim Harrison

Once I fell out of a tree and was hit by a motorbike. I still have the scar on my head now.

— Nobu Matsuhisa