Split Hair Quotes

#1. And our dreams,
with what frivolity we have pared them
like toenails, clipped them like ends of
split hair.

Denise Levertov

#2. You will see that this is true, though you will also see that between the mad and the misguided, the line is as thin as a split hair that has been split again.

Dean Koontz

#3. How could it ever, ever be enough?

Leah Raeder

#4. The dog growled again, long and ferocious. The hair on my neck tingled.
And just when I knew he would attack, a horrible scream split the air, and Darlene passed out and fell over on her side.

Carol Petrie

#5. If you want to say that a word has a circumflex on its penultimate syllable, without saying flat out that it has a circumflex there, there is a word for it: properispomenon.

Bill Bryson

#6. She'd permed her hair to within an inch of its life. When she moved her head, the mass of hair followed along behind her a split second later.
Perhaps you had to live through the late 70's, early 80's to appreciate this.

Jean Thompson

#7. Shows' condominium that morning. She said she couldn't

Lyn Riddle

#8. Exclusive will not be published in book format.

Jeffrey Archer

#9. On my way out with the rest, I glanced back at Bowman. he was on this knees, his hair in his face, his nose and split lips dripping with blood. He was staring down at the floor like he'd been waiting for this and now it had finally happened; he look relieved.

Andre Dubus III

#10. Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to geting pussy.

Tupac Shakur

#11. If I didn't smell so good would you still hug me?

Curtis Jackson

#12. I haven't written anything in four years. I'm sort of dried up.

Thom Gunn

#13. For years we've used the bases analogy - with intercourse being the "ultimate sex" even though that's probably not going to feel good to girls. That model doesn't let you say "I like it at second base, maybe I'll stay here."

Peggy Orenstein

#14. Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur.

Logan Pearsall Smith

#15. Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into hope

David Archuleta

#16. He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace. When Nico realized it was Jason, he was disappointed. Then he felt angry with himself for feeling that way.

Rick Riordan