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• How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Life, Romantic

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• I got a Valentine's Day card from my girl. It said, 'Take my heart! Take my arms! Take my lips!' Which is just like her. Keeping the best part for herself.

  Robert Orben

  Valentines Day, Girl, Heart

  Robert Orben (1969). “The Ad-libber's Handbook: 2000 New Laughs for Speakers”

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• This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Smile, Confidence, Patience

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• I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.

  Sophia Loren

  Thinking, Quality, Thighs

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• I've only paid lip service to a spiritual life.

  Sting

  Spiritual, Lip Service, Paid

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• A man had given all other bliss, And all his worldly worth for this To waste his whole heart in one kiss Upon her perfect lips.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Heart, Kissing, Romantic Love

  'Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere' (1842)

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• And though hard be the task, keep a stiff upper lip.

  Phoebe Cary

  Military, Tasks, Stiff Upper Lip

  Phoebe Cary (1875). “Ballads for Little Folk”, p.175

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• She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited.

  Kate Chopin

  Smile, Clever, Eye

  Kate Chopin, Nina Baym, Alyssa Harad (2004). “The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin”, p.217, Simon and Schuster

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• Yeah, some kids called me fish lips because I had these really full lips. Now I'm sure all those same girls are getting collagen injections, so I'm having the last laugh.

  Denise Richards

  Girl, Kids, Laughing

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• People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

  Judith Guest

  Life, Depression, People

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• When I'm in bed with a woman, my favorite move is a wrestling hold called the lip lock

  Jerry Lawler

  Moving, Wrestling, Bed

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• That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

  William Shakespeare

  Courage, Breakfast, Lions

  William Shakespeare, J. M. Jephson (1866). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.454

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• The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.

  Akhenaton

  Wise, Doors, Treasure

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• The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, Sad

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.27, Open Road Media

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• 'Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.

  Judy Garland

  I Love You, Valentines Day, I Love Him

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• The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Time, Men, Political

  Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”

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• I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you or it isn't and it really doesn't have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips.

  Sophia Loren

  Thinking, Quality, Thighs

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• I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Moving, Reading, Effort

  Vladimir Nabokov (2012). “The Luzhin Defense”, p.7, Penguin UK

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• Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.

  William Shakespeare

  Kissing, Romantic Love, Best Kiss

  'Richard III' (1591) act 1, sc. 2, l. 172

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• Startled, he loosed his grasp and she pulled free. He clutched her arm, but she spun around and pressed her mouth to his. His lips were rough, chapped. She felt the sting of fangs against her bottom lip. He made a sharp sound in the back of his throat and closed his eyes. Mouth opening under hers. The smell of him- of cold, damp stone- made her head swim. One kiss slid into another and it was perfect, was exactly right, was real.

  Holly Black

  Real, Eye, Kissing

  Holly Black (2006). “Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie”, p.230, Simon and Schuster

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• For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Beauty, Kindness, Eye

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• How long?" His smile was amazingly sweet. "The longest." For ever?" Sam's lips smiled, but above his grin, his yellow eyes turned sad, as if he knew it was a lie. "Longer.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Sweet, Lying, Eye

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• Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

  Samuel Ullman

  Life, Determination, Spring

  "Youth". Essay by Samuel Ullman, www.beliefnet.com. 1920.

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• O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?

  James Weldon Johnson

  Music, Fire, Long Ago

  "O Black and Unknown Bards" l. 1 (1917)

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• In prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part, Without the sweet concurrence of the heart.

  Robert Herrick

  Sweet, Prayer, Heart

  'The Heart'

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