“Having a relationship with people of questionable character is like playing with a razor blade on your skin, and pretending to observe that it is harmful to your body.” PeopleCharacterBodySkinsYour BodyPretendingBladesRazorsQuestionable Author:Michael Bassey
“Engaged in a fiery dance, their bodies were linked and seperated by the flashing blades. At times they nearly touched, taut skin only a hair's breadth away, but then momentum would whirl them apart, and they would withdraw for a second, only to join again. Their sinuous forms wove together like twisting ropes of windblown smoke.” BodyTogetherFormHairSkinsSmokeEngagedTouchedLinkedRopeBladesMomentumFieryBreadth Book:Eragon and Eldest Omnibus Source: Eragon and Eldest Omnibus
“For what can be more noble than to slay oneself? Not literally. Not with a blade in the guts. But to extinguish the selfish self within, that part which looks only to its own preservation, to save its own skin. That, I saw, was the victory you Spartans had gained over yourselves. That was the glue. It was what you had learned and it made me stay, to learn it too.” LooksMadeSelfSawsVictorySkinsOneselfNobleSelfishGutsPreservationBladesGlue Author:Steven Pressfield
“The blankets had fallen off and I stared down at her white back, the shoulder blades sticking out as if they wanted to grow into wings, poke through that skin. Little blades. She was helpless.” IfsLittlesWantedGrowsWhiteSkinsWingsShouldersFallenHelplessBladesBlanketPokePost OfficeSticking Out Book:Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection Source: Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection
“Tell me that you don’t take that blade and drag it across your skin and pray for the courage to press down.” PrayingSkinsPressesDragBladesInterruptedGirl Interrupted Author:Susanna Kaysen
“"Lay the knife at the tips of your fingers," Rob commanded. "So close youcan feel the blade against your skins. Then cut the shadow away." Jared had been silent in her head. Now Kami turned her mind to his and let his thoughts and feelings flow through her. Kami, please, please wait just another moment, Jared begged, I'll save you, and later I'll be better, I'll do anything you want, be anything you want me to be. Please don't do it.” WantFeelsMindMomentsFeelingsWaitingCuttingPleaseShadowFlowSkinsLaysSilentFingersKnivesWant MeBladesYou Want MeThoughts And Feelings Author:Sarah Rees Brennan
“Then I placed the blade next to the skin on my palm. A tingle arched across my scalp. The floor tipped up at me and my body spilled away. Then I was on the ceiling looking down, waiting to see what would happen next.” BodyHappensNextWaitingSkinsPalmsBladesCeilingsLooking Down Author:Patricia McCormick