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Quotes About Sharp

Be Clever, Think Clever and Do Clever
~ Robin James
Not all men are the same, you know. With someone such as Gavriel, I would suggest appearing aloof, not chasing too much. He might see that as suffocating rather than charming." Her words are sharp, but her voice is sweet, like honey on the edge of a blade, and meant to be cutting. I comfort myself with the knowledge that if Duval ever feels smothered by me, it will be because I am holding a pillow over his face and commending his soul to Mortain.
~ Robin LaFevers
Miles wanted to snap out a sharp rejoinder, but shivered instead. I miss Bothari, too. He had almost forgotten how much, till Ivan's words hit the scar of his regret, that secret little pocket of anguish that never seemed to drain.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
I never came into contact with any class of men so smart and able as they are in their business.
~ Ron Chernow
The knife he held was obsidian, sharp enough to cut a dream.
~ S.M. Stirling
like biting down on copper foil.
~ S.M. Stirling
He tasted each one of them. The raw power and majesty of Wrath. The vast strength of Rhage. The burning, protective loyalty of Phury. The cold savagery of Zsadist. The sharp cunning of Vishous.
~ J.R. Ward
Certain suggestions, or notions, would make the muscles of her lean spotty face quiver, her eyes go sharp and black, and her mouth work as if there was a despicable taste in it. She could stop you in your tracks then, like a savage thornbush.
~ Alice Munro
Thought so sharp it go through e like a pain. Somebody to run to. It seem too sweet to bear.
~ Alice Walker
The many identities you hold and your lived experiences are not in conflict with each other; they make you sharp, whole, and extraordinary.
~ Alice Wong
sifting through our thoughts like children going through colored stones -- optimistic, because although some were too dark and some were too sharp, many glittered like precious gems.
~ Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
I apologise if I bore you!' 'I accept your apology.' 'I was joking!' 'Ah. Your wit is so very sharp I hardly noticed I was cut.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Memories sharp enough to cut himself on - the smells, the sounds, the feel of the air on his skin, the desperate hope and mad anger.
~ Joe Abercrombie
I know you're a great fencer, but I've been told your wit is even sharper than your sword. So much so in fact, that you only use your sword upon your friends, as your wit is far too deadly.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Clover had heard it said Caul Shivers could see your thoughts with that metal eye. Horseshit, of course. But he'd seen plenty with the other. Few men more. Might be the hardest name in the North still casting a shadow. He didn't need a magic eye to make some sharp guesses.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Perfection of the system is not a prerequisite for loyalty," Ramoja said sharply. "If it were, neither of us would choose the jobs we hold. If the system is flawed, then fixing it is merely another part of the job. Our loyalty comes from our commitment to the values that underpin the system, not the system itself.
~ Joel Shepherd
Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
She is slicing peaches with a special fruit knife.
~ E. Lockhart
Again I see him, leaning back in one of the luxurious chairs with which his room was furnished. I see his indolent, athletic figure; his pale, sharp, clean-shaven features; his curly black hair; his strong, unscrupulous mouth. And again I feel the clear beam of his wonderful eye, cold and luminous as a star, shining
~ E.W. Hornung
urbane-looking fellow in a sharp gray suit, expensive-looking tie, and dress shoes.
~ Earl Swift
The French have such an attractive civilization, dedicated to calm pleasures and general tolerance, and their taste in every domain is so sharp, so sure, that the foreigner (especially someone from chaotic, confused America) is quickly seduced into believing that if he can only become a Parisian he will at last master the art of living.
~ Edmund White
Well I'm sitting here thinkin' just how sharp I amI'm an under assistant West Coast promo man
~ Anonymous
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~ António Lobo Antunes
Werner turns the fine-tune dial fractionally, and abruptly the voice booms into his ears, Dvee-nat-set, shayst-nat-set, davt-set-adeen, nonsense, terrible nonsense, pipelined directly into his head; it's like reaching into a sack full of cotton and finding a razor blade inside, everything constant and undeviating and then that one dangerous thing, so sharp you can hardly feel it open your skin.
~ Anthony Doerr