Nails Quotes

“You can tell a lot from a person's nails. When a life starts to unravel, they're among the first to go.”
― Ian McEwan, Saturday

“Old Marley was as dead as a doornail.

Mind! I don't mean to say that, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a doornail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a doornail.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“Every little thing about you can be a weapon, if you're clever enough.”
― Courtney Summers, Sadie

“Be a lady? Forget it. Ladies don't last a day in the real word. No one's a lady anymore. Why do you think we get our claws polished?”
― Crystal Woods, Write like no one is reading 2

“Our assholes will be clean but we must never wash our hands. Our immune systems will be strengthened by our being dirty. Not filthy. Just mildly grimy. Filthy fingernails have always been a favorite fashion accessory of mine. Especially when you place your hands in the prayer positions. Matter of fact, I urge all my followers to forgo nail polish permanently and replace it with expertly applied soot. The nonexistent gods above will ignore our prayers better this way.”
― John Waters, Role Models

“I am different when my nails are done. I am more dynamic. I gesticulate more, I am better at scaring my staff. I can indicate impatience by drumming on tabletops and I can wrap up a meeting with a few choice clatters.”
― Marian Keyes

“Just a glance at the ragged mess around her fingernails communicated more than the lenghiest essays on the nature of distress.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, One Rainy Day in May

“D’yer see it? This finger, laddie, could send ye to meet yer Maker!”
Sgt. Deisenburger stared at the black and purple nail a few inches from his face. As an offensive weapon it rated quite highly, especially if it was ever used in the preparation of food.”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“I half imagined I could taste the silver on his nails, as sharp as glitter in my mouth. Maybe when he touched me, colour would spill from his hands like heat.”
― Alexis Hall, Glitterland

“Yeah, because I feel very fucking lucky right now sleeping next to Edward Scissor Feet.”
― L.A. Casey, Alec

“In the midst of a full-blown disaster – with the house apparently self-destructing around them – Lila was calmly filing her nails.”
― Francine Pascal, Earthquake

“A hammer with flowers is still a hammer for the nail!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“She hadn't broken a nail in years; she could rip holes in walls and still look well manicured.”
― Alan Kinross, Longinus The Vampire: Redemption

“My nails clawed against the smooth tiles as I pushed up onto my hands and knees. I rose unsteadily to my feet.
Speed is my ally. Breathe. In and out. Focus. Time is my power.”
― Lori M. Lee, Gates of Thread and Stone

“Las negras lápidas surgían de la nieve como las uñas destrozadas de un cadáver gigantesco.”
― H. P. Lovecraft

“Fungal infections were being seen during COVID-19.”
― Steven Magee, Long COVID Supplements

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“Years ago, my mother and I fell in love with Busybee’s voice, its calm, even tone, and a smile which was always audible in the language. My father, meanwhile, is clipping his nails fastidiously, letting them fall on to an old, spread-out copy of the Times of India, till he sneezes explosively, as he customarily does, sending the crescent-shaped nail-clippings flying into the universe.”
― Amit Chaudhuri, Afternoon Raag

“And I’d have you know, through all of it, I still had perfect nails! Because I am completely swell.”
― Sarah Scheele, Bellevere House

“The Nail Hole Diaries

I didn't realize... how terrified some women are of devaluing their homes by making a nail hole in the wall. Part of me wants to scream, "It's a ding-a-ling nail hole in the wall! Is there anything in life less risky that creating a one-millimeter hole in a wall that can be filled with your finger and some putty in two seconds?" A nail hole is the easiest repair.”
― Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

“Fungal infections are a classic sign of a weakened immune system.”
― Steven Magee, Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue

“The ladies, whose curved fingernails had been lavished with the nuanced paintwork normally reserved for museum-quality surfboards, listened with barely repressed hilarity.”
― Jennifer Egan, The Candy House

“People take biotin in huge doses to improve their hair and nails.”
― Steven Magee, Pandemic Supplements

“The ladder of success is made from nails of patience.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, 10 GOLDEN Steps of Life

“Why did humans wish to have their fingernails polished and decorated with paint?”

“Because they were vain,” replied Parent_2. “It was one of their many flaws.”
― Lee Bacon, The Last Human: A Novel