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Quotes About Edged

A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
~ Washington Irving
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
~ Washington Irving
And yes, even in the poor lighting, I could see that she was beautiful—in a deadly way—and that struck me too. Her pictures hadn't done her justice. Long, dark hair framed a face filled with the sort of hard-edged beauty a man might easily dash his heart against.
~ Richelle Mead
occasionally I like carrying raw steel to remind myself of an important lesson. The blade's an extension of the hand, the agent--no pun intended--of my will . Most people understand this immediately of edged weapons... The trick--and few are subtle or sophisticated enough to master it--is to see that this is equally true... by implication, of all machines.
~ L. Neil Smith
Between Margaret's fine edged art and Glady's rough simplicity, where did the greater feminine solace lie? True art, after all, is simple.
~ Angus Wilson
You guys take over while I go put on a shirt. Mrs. Kulavich had edged close enough to hear him. She beamed at him. Don't bother on my account, she said. Sadie! Mr. Kulavich said in rebuke. Oh, hush, George! I'm old, not dead! I'll remind you of that the next time I want to watch the Playboy Channel, he growled.
~ Linda Howard
Not for the first time in my life, and certainly not for the last, a self-righteous gloom had edged out all semblance of logic.
~ Nick Hornby
The real comfort is that the history of the world contains so much grief that my small griefs are edged out, and are only cinders at the borders of the fire. I am saying this again because I want it to be true.
~ Sebastian Barry
The real comfort is that the history of the world contains so much grief that my small grief are edged out, and are only cinders at the borders of the fire.
~ Sebastian Barry
Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers.
~ Sir Arthur Eddington
You can't build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a lot of frightened people are running around with edged weaponry, there are deaths. Stupid deaths, usually. I'm not writing 'The A-Team' - if there's a fight going on, people will get hurt. Not letting this happen would be a betrayal.
~ Terry Pratchett
Love, like Edg'd tools, should never be played with.
~ Mary Davys
cautiously and slowly behind and edged in between the old leader and
~ Jack London
Not for the first time in my life, and certainly not for the last, a self-righteous gloom had edged out all semblance of logic.
~ Nick Hornby
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
~ Washington Irving
Christophe's smile was a marvel of edged sweetness. When he grinned like that he looked handsomer than ever, the hint of danger just about threatening to stop a girl's heart.
~ Lilith Saintcrow
heads that edged the huge fireplace, and I
~ Diana Gabaldon
Bud edged up next to a young man in a butcher's apron who had a baseball cap on backwards.
~ John Dos Passos
Give me a used Bible and I will, I think, be able to tell you about a man by the places that are edged with the dirt of seeking fingers.
~ John Steinbeck