“The usual bad poem in somebody's Collected Works is a learned, mannered, valued habit, a habit a little more careful than, and little emptier than, brushing one's teeth.” LittlesHabitCarefulTeethUsualBrushing Author:Randall Jarrell
“The husband was a teetotaller, there was no other woman, and the conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every meal by taking out his false teeth and hurling them at his wife.” WifeHabitHusbandTeethMealsHurlingWinding Up Book:The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Source: The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
“My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig there, and next thing you know it's gone. It's a habit I have to stave off. I don't want to lose all my teeth.” KnowsWantNextLosesKnownGoneCoupleHabitTeethMapleSyrupMaple Syrup Author:Rufus Wainwright
“It’s funny—when people call you “shy,” they usually smile. Like it’s cute, some funny little habit you’ll grow out of when you’re older, like the gaps in your grin when your baby teeth fall out. If they knew how it felt—really being shy, not just unsure at first—they wouldn’t smile. Not if they knew how the feeling knots up your stomach or makes your palms sweat or robs you of the ability to say anything that makes sense. It’s not cute at all.” PeopleIfsFirstsLittlesFeelingsFallGrowsFeltAbilityBabyHabitTeethMake SenseCuteShyGapsStomachSweatSay AnythingPalmsKnotsUnsureBeing ShyBaby Teeth Author:Claudia Gray
“You have some severe mental problem I need to be aware of, don’t you? (Shahara) Just because I eat babies for breakfast and pick my teeth with their bones doesn’t mean I’m nuts. (Syn) Any other weird habits I should be aware of? (Shahara) Just my need to dance naked in the streets under the light of a full moon. (Syn)” NeedsShouldMeanProblemLightStreetsBabyHabitMoonPicksBonesTeethNakedBreakfastNutsSevereFull Moon Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon