Quotes about Knives

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I have seen purer liquors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and pret — Hinton Helper
I have seen purer liquors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and pret — Hinton Helper
I stared down at my hands and saw the blood coat them, how warm and real something felt when it wasn’t just ink and stai — Charlotte Munro, Down by The Mausoleum
I stared down at my hands and saw the blood coat them, how warm and real something felt when it wasn’t just ink and stai — Charlotte Munro, Down by The Mausoleum
But have a care! It is a bitter blade, and steel serves only those that can wield it. It will cut your hand as willingly — J.R.R. Tolkien
But have a care! It is a bitter blade, and steel serves only those that can wield it. It will cut your hand as willingly — J.R.R. Tolkien
Children are knives, my mother once said. They don’t mean to, but they cut. And yet we cling to them, don’t we, we clasp — Joanne Harris, The Girl with No Shadow
Children are knives, my mother once said. They don’t mean to, but they cut. And yet we cling to them, don’t we, we clasp — Joanne Harris, The Girl with No Shadow
I am not sad anymore. I am not weak or tender or quiet like you remember because the second you said those words and clo — Charlotte Eriksson, You're Doing Just Fine
I am not sad anymore. I am not weak or tender or quiet like you remember because the second you said those words and clo — Charlotte Eriksson, You're Doing Just Fine
I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife — John Buchan, The 39 Steps
I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife — John Buchan, The 39 Steps
Men got two guns, you know. One for now," he tapped the barrel of his gun against her nose. "And one for later." When hi — Mindy McGinnis, Not a Drop to Drink
Men got two guns, you know. One for now," he tapped the barrel of his gun against her nose. "And one for later." When hi — Mindy McGinnis, Not a Drop to Drink
Oblige me by taking away that knife. I can't look at the point of it. It reminds me of Roman history. — James Joyce, Ulysses
Oblige me by taking away that knife. I can't look at the point of it. It reminds me of Roman history. — James Joyce, Ulysses
You are a cool cemetery.You have the sinner’s graveYou have the saint’s earthcollidingYou have all the bedsnarrow as a k — Munia Khan, Beyond The Vernal Mind
You are a cool cemetery.You have the sinner’s graveYou have the saint’s earthcollidingYou have all the bedsnarrow as a k — Munia Khan, Beyond The Vernal Mind
But maybe you never really had someone, she thought now. Maybe, no matter how much you loved them, they could slip throu — Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels
But maybe you never really had someone, she thought now. Maybe, no matter how much you loved them, they could slip throu — Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels
I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someon — Molly Ivins
I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someon — Molly Ivins
Other girls play with soft toys,” I said, “and you play with knives… — Jess C. Scott, Playmates
Other girls play with soft toys,” I said, “and you play with knives… — Jess C. Scott, Playmates
Then he looked back to me, and smiled. It was a terrible expression, filled with edges, and with knives. — Seanan McGuire, A Red-Rose Chain
Then he looked back to me, and smiled. It was a terrible expression, filled with edges, and with knives. — Seanan McGuire, A Red-Rose Chain
[S]he was in a pretty crazy place, screaming and waving the bucket-knife around, spattered with blood from head to toe. — Max Barry, Lexicon
[S]he was in a pretty crazy place, screaming and waving the bucket-knife around, spattered with blood from head to toe. — Max Barry, Lexicon
He runs his eye along the row of knives in their racks, the cleavers for splitting bones. He picks one up, looks at its — Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
He runs his eye along the row of knives in their racks, the cleavers for splitting bones. He picks one up, looks at its — Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
When one contemplated Portia, when one contemplated Sharon, when one contemplated one's own apparently pointless, utterl — Deborah Eisenberg
When one contemplated Portia, when one contemplated Sharon, when one contemplated one's own apparently pointless, utterl — Deborah Eisenberg
Wraith snorted. "Cowards. Seriously. Who brings a gun to a knife fight? That's cheating.""You don't have a gun?" Kynan a — Larissa Ione, Desire Unchained
Wraith snorted. "Cowards. Seriously. Who brings a gun to a knife fight? That's cheating.""You don't have a gun?" Kynan a — Larissa Ione, Desire Unchained
A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble." She reached deep into her pocket and brought — Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble." She reached deep into her pocket and brought — Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind