Mouths Quotes - Page 35

• (T)here was a story they used to tell at home about a girl whose punishment was that every time she opened her mouth, snakes and toads came out, snakes and toads with every word. The book didn't say what she did about it, but I've always assumed she probably ended up keeping her mouth shut.

  Thomas Mann

  Girl, Book, Home

  Thomas Mann (1995). “The magic mountain: a novel”, Random House, Inc.

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• What a marvelous cooperative arrangement - plants and animals each inhaling each other's exhalations, a kind of planet-wide mutual mouth-to-stoma resuscitation, the entire elegant cycle powered by a star 150 million kilometers away.

  Carl Sagan

  Stars, Animal, Kind

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Cosmos”, p.54, Ballantine Books

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• Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Blow, Blue, Sky

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.309, Faber & Faber

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• Yes, they are elves," Legolas said. "and they say that you breathe so loud they could shoot you in the dark." Sam hastily covered his mouth.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dark, Breathe, Loud

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• Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. "Wake. Up," Four snaps. "You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.

  Veronica Roth

  Gun, Hands, Lips

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.44, Harper Collins

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• When he finally stopped calling, the hush felt strange. It felt like the whole world went silent when Marc did, as if I could see peoples mouths moving, but I couldnt hear what they were saying. Like I'd gone deaf.

  Rachel Vincent

  Moving, Gone, Calling

  Rachel Vincent (2016). “Rogue”, p.150, MIRA

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• Of all the consumer products, chewing gum is perhaps the most ridiculous: it literally has no nourishment – you just chew it to give yourself something to do with your stupid idiot Western mouth. Half the world is starving, and the other’s going, ‘I don’t actually need any nutrition, but it would be good to masticate, just to keep my mind off things.

  Russell Brand

  Stupid, Giving, Mind

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• there they laugh: they do not understand me; I am not the mouth for these ears.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Laughing, Ears, Understand Me

  Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2003). “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, p.11, Algora Publishing

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• As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic misunderstanding on my part. When action was needed, I was absorbed in words; for words proceeded with such difficulty from my mouth that I was intent on them and forgot all about action. It seemed to me that actions, which are dazzling, varied things, must always be accompanied by equally dazzling and equally varied words.

  Yukio Mishima

  Usual, Action, Characteristics

  Yukio Mishima (2011). “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion”, p.25, Tuttle Publishing

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• Fay had a spot of blood on the left side of her mouth and I took a wet cloth and wiped it off. Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love.

  Charles Bukowski

  Blood, Suffering, Sides

  Charles Bukowski (2011). “Post Office”, p.129, Random House

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• Juke glanced into her cup before tipping it down to her mouth. "Screw you!" "Now come on, sugar, you know I don't swing that way." "Whatever!

  Ilona Andrews

  Swings, Tipping, Sugar

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.62, Penguin

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• I also stole a small yellow doughnut from the box of Duncan's doughnuts in the rec room and fed it to the attack poodle in my office. He made a great production of it. First, he growled at the doughnut, just to show it who was boss. Then he nudged it with his nose. Then he licked it, until finally he snagged it into his mouth and chomped it with great pleasure, dropping crumbs all over the carpet.

  Ilona Andrews

  Yellow, Office, Boss

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.89, Penguin

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• Lips to lips, mouth to mouth, Comes the speaker of the shrouds, Suck in the spirit, speak the words, Let secrets of the dead be heard.

  Yasmine Galenorn

  Secret, Lips, Spirit

  Yasmine Galenorn (2009). “Night Huntress: An Otherworld Novel”, p.94, Penguin

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• I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hurt, Thinking, Giving

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1377, Bantam

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• It's a saying they have, that a man has a false heart in his mouth for the world to see, another in his breast to show to his special friends and his family, and the real one, the true one, the secret one, which is never known to anyone except to himself alone, hidden only God knows where.

  James Clavell

  Real, Heart, Men

  James Clavell (2013). “Shogun: The First Novel of the Asian saga”, p.196, Hachette UK

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• I saw him open his mouth wide. . . as though he had wanted to swallow all the air, all the earth, all the men before him.

  Joseph Conrad

  Men, Air, Earth

  Joseph Conrad (2004). “The Heart of Darkness (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.42, Sparklesoup LLC

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• No bra,” he said against her mouth. “Thank you. I hate those things. Dumbest human invention. Ever.

  Larissa Ione

  Hate, Invention, Bras

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• As one, they leap, laughing, and that is where we leave them - mouths open, arms spread wide, fingers splayed to take in the whole world, bodies flying high in defiance of gravity, as if they will never fall.

  Libba Bray

  Fall, Flying High, Laughing

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• She let out a laugh, and then she put her hand over her mouth, like she was angry at herself for forgetting her sadness.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Sadness, Hands, Laughing

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• But once a dead God, always a dead God, even resurrected. The Son must have the taste of death forever in his mouth. The Trinity must be tainted by it; there must be a certain stench at the right hand of God the Father. The horror must be real. Why would God wish that upon Himself? Why not leave death to mortals? Why make dirty what is beautiful, spoil what is perfect? -- Love. That was his answer.

  Yann Martel

  Beautiful, Father, Real

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.67, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• He was in my nose, my mouth, on my skin, inside my cells, deep in the marrow of my bones. Just then, he was everything to me.

  Gena Showalter

  Cells, Skins, Noses

  Gena Showalter (2010). “Twice as Hot”, p.133, HQN Books

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• Maybe if you spend your life pretending you're on a movie set, you don't ever have to admit that the walls are made out of paper and the food is plastic and the words in your mouth aren't really yours.

  Jodi Picoult

  Wall, Paper, Pretending

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.300, Simon and Schuster

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• I think I’m dying to get to know a particular guy. Then he opens his mouth and ruins it.

  Elizabeth Chandler

  Thinking, Guy, Dying

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• You could call him," Wes suggests. "Why be a spectator in the game of love? Take charge. Don't wait around and let the boy call all the shots." "As cheesy as all of that sounds," Kimmie adds. "Cheese or not,I know what I'm talking about." He sulks. "I've lived it. I've learned it." Kimmie lets out a laugh. "With who,Romeo? That Wendy girl you paid to date you?" "Oh, and because I don't have a dating history as big as your mouth, it doesn't quite measure up?" "I hate to break this to you, but that isn't the only thing of yours that doesn't measure up." "Wouldn't you like to know?" He grins.

  Laurie Faria Stolarz

  Girl, Hate, Boys

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• Love me?” Madeline asked with a faint smile. “It used to be love.” He brushed his lips over her closed eyelids. “Now there's no word for it.” “You once told me that you thought love was a weakness.” “I was wrong,” he whispered, kissing the corners of her mouth. “I've discovered it's my only strength.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Kissing, Weakness, Lips

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