The Cutting Edge Quotes

“from a shoe print”
― Jeffery Deaver, The Cutting Edge

“You know, Lincoln, my father always said you can never trust anybody when they answer a question with a question.”
― Jeffery Deaver, The Cutting Edge

“Well,” she said softly. “Just like a sculptor to get hurt by flying rock. Good thing you don’t collect razor blades and knives.”
― Jeffery Deaver, The Cutting Edge

“Diamonds are the hardest natural substance on earth, yes, but ‘hard’ means resistant to scratching. In reality they’re extremely brittle. You can shatter a diamond with a hammer blow that would have no effect on a piece of quartz.”
― Jeffery Deaver, The Cutting Edge

“Nice, but naïve: If they’d invested the money they’d spent on their carat-and-a-half diamond, that sum would have grown into a college education for their firstborn. Seduced by the diamond-marketing cabal, as he thought of them.”
― Jeffery Deaver, The Cutting Edge

“tie.”
― Jeffery Deaver, The Cutting Edge

“hands.”
― Jeffery Deaver, The Cutting Edge

“the man had stabbed his wife, Rostov’s mother (though only in the face and only with a screwdriver, so hardly a problem).”
― Jeffery Deaver, The Cutting Edge