Blades Quotes - Page 12

• Youth is the time when hearts are large, And stirring wars Appeal to the spirit which appeals in turn To the blade it draws.

  Herman Melville

  War, Heart, Spirit

  Herman Melville (2006). “Selected Poems (Melville, Herman)”, p.97, Penguin

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• Hate is like a swordfish, working through water invisibly and then you see it coming with blood along its blade, but transparency disarms it.

  Pablo Neruda

  Hate, Blood, Water

  Pablo Neruda (1990). “Selected Poems”, p.395, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.

  Damon Lindelof

  Understanding, Blade Runner, World

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• "FlashForward" was a dream come true. I had auditioned for David Goyer for "Blade: Trinity" and didn't get the part, but I guess he became a fan.

  Zachary Knighton

  Dream, Fans, Trinity

  "Happy Beginnings and 'Happy Endings' for Zachary Knighton". Interview with Jessica Gardner, www.backstage.com. February 23, 2012.

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• Have you ever been approached by a grim-looking man, carrying a naked sword with a blade about ten miles long in his hand, in the middle of the night, beneath the stars on the shores of Lake Michigan? If you have, seek professional help. If you have not, then believe you me, it can scare the bejeezus out of you.

  Jim Butcher

  Stars, Believe, Night

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.79, Penguin Group

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• I'm cold as a razor blade, inches from madness.

  Elton John

  Insanity, Razors, Cold

  Song: Feed Me Elton John Bernie Taupin, Album: Rock Of The Westies

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• If it rusts, it can never be trusted
  If its owner fails to control it, it will cut him
  Yes, pride is
  Like a blade.

  Tite Kubo

  Pride, Cutting, Bleach

  "Bleach". Manga Series by Tite Kubo, August 20, 2001–August 22, 2016.

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• I am humility, nothing more and nothing less. I am one blade of grass in a sea of grass. I am one wave in an endless ocean of waves. I am one glowing star in a galaxy of stars.

  Frederick Lenz

  Stars, Ocean, Humility

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• For me, two of my favourite science fiction films are Blade Runner, which is fantastic, and Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys. Both of those were smart science fiction films hitting more of a medium budget, and I desperately hope there is an audience for that kind of film because I would love that to be my next film, on that kind of scale.

  Duncan Jones

  Smart, Two, Blade Runner

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The problem is that neither the M1 nor the M60 or indeed neither any tank, has sufficient ground pressure to drive a [bulldozer] blade into even marginally hard ground. They are not bulldozers, they are tanks, whether you are talking about the M1 or the M60's. So if you are going to dig in a tank, you need to have some kind of equipment.

  Frank Carlucci

  Talking, Tanks, Needs

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• It was only when you left it alone that a tree might treat you as a friend. After the blade bit in, you had yourself a war.

  Denis Johnson

  War, Tree, Might

  Denis Johnson (2012). “Train Dreams”, p.12, Granta Books

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• That which interests me above all else is the calligraphy of a tree or the tiles of a roof, and I mean leaf by leaf, branch by branch, blade by blade of grass.

  Joan Miro

  Mean, Tree, Branches

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• Sword, I name thee Brisingr! And with a sound of rushing wind the blade burst into flame, an envelope of sapphire-blue fire writhing about the razor-sharp steel.

  Christopher Paolini

  Fire, Blue, Flames

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• It was the easiest thing in the world for Arya to step up behind him and stab him. “Is there gold hidden in the village?” she shouted as she drove the blade up through his back. “Is there silver? Gems?” She stabbed twice more. “Is there food? Where is Lord Beric?” She was on top of him by then, still stabbing. “Where did he go? How many men were with him? How many knights? How many bowmen? How many, how many, how many, how many, how many, how many? is there gold in the village?

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, Knights, Gold

  George R. R. Martin (2000). “A Storm of Swords”, Spectra

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• Many authors write like amateur blacksmiths making their first horseshoe; the clank of the anvil, the stench of the scorched leather apron, the sparks and the cursing are palpable, and this appeals to those who rank "sincerity" very high. Nabokov is more like a master swordsmith making a fine blade; nothing is amiss, nothing is too much, there is no fuss, and the finished product must be handled with great care, or it will cut you badly.

  Robertson Davies

  Writing, Cutting, Care

  Review of Nabokov's Lolita, 1958.

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• Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, One False Move, Bad Santa even. I mean Bad Santa is a comedy, and it's a very dark comedy, and it's become like iconic, you know.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Moving, Mean, Dark

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Why don't you swallow razor blades?

  Lou Reed

  Razors

  Song: Vicious

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• Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out now that need a lot more editing. Fantasy got to be so popular that people began to think 'We don't need to be as diligent with the razor blade,' but they do.

  Tamora Pierce

  Book, Thinking, Editing

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• However, I have never clogged myself with the praises of pastoral life, nor with nostalgia for an innocent past of perverted acts in pastures. No. One need never leave the confines of New York to get all the greenery one wishes—I can’t even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there’s a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It is more important to affirm the least sincere; the clouds get enough attention as it is and even they continue to pass. Do they know what they’re missing? Uh huh.

  Frank O'Hara

  New York, Regret, Past

  Frank O'Hara (1995). “The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara”, p.197, Univ of California Press

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• Of two men looking at a green field, one estimates its yield in bushels and calculates the price of the bushels in silver and in gold. The other drinks the greenness of the field with his eye, and kisses every blade with his thought, and fraternizes in his soul with every rootlet and pebble, and every clod of earth.

  Mikhail Naimy

  Money, Eye, Kissing

  Mikhail Naimy (2011). “The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark”, p.116, Duncan Baird Publishers

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• If fate is a millstone, we are the grist. There is nothing we can do. So I wish for strength. If I cannot protect them from the wheel,then give me a strong blade, and enough strength, to shatter fate

  Tite Kubo

  Strong, Fate, Giving

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• The Order of Merciful Aid provided merciful aid, usually on the edge of a blade or the burn of a bullet.

  Ilona Andrews

  Order, Bullets, Aids

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• With Rodham, for instance, it has to work on an emotional level. It has to work on a character level. If it's only "Look, it has famous people," then it's a wax museum come to life and that's really boring. It's sort of like what they say about science fiction and horror where the really good ones, if you remove that element of it, it still has to work. That's the reason The Shining works or Rosemary's Baby or Blade Runner.

  James Ponsoldt

  Baby, Character, Emotional

  Source: collider.com

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• Oh love and hate are two sides of the same blade

  Jacqueline Carey

  Hate, Two Sides, Hatred For Love

  Jacqueline Carey (2011). “Kushiel's Dart”, p.210, Pan Macmillan

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• Walking along past the store windows, into which she peers with her usual eagerness, her usual sense that maybe, today, she will discover behind them something that will truly be worth seeing, she feels as if her feet are not on cement at all but on ice. The blade of the skate floats, she knows, on a thin film of water, which it melts by pressure and which freezes behind it. This is the freedom of the present tense, this sliding edge.

  Margaret Atwood

  Past, Feet, Ice

  Margaret Atwood (2012). “Bluebeard's Egg”, p.257, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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