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“God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church.”

Should Mother Church Mouths Queens Nursing

Book:Letters of John Calvin

Source: Letters of John Calvin

“Yet you would not drive a car with your mouth unless you are my mother-in-law.”

Law Mother Car Mouths In-laws Mother In Law

Author:Jean-Louis Gassee

“When I hear the deepest truths I speak coming out of my mouth sounding like my mother's, even remembering how I fought against her, I have to reassess both our relationship as well as the sources of my knowing.”

Wells Remember Mother Speak Knowing Source Mouths Coming Out Our Relationship

Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

“I grow old, I grow old, the center will not fold. In youth I had hardening of the categories and looked for the father and the mother in every lover. Then I cracked. Then I fragmented. Then the old man in my soul found the god in herself, not in some Jungian fairy tale but in the flesh that fell from the bones and the words that came into my mouth when the look went out of their eyes.”

Men Looks Soul Eye Mother Found Father Grows Youth Lovers Mouths Bones Flesh Tales My Soul Fairy Old Man Categories Fairy Tale Folds Cracked Fragmented

Author:Jennifer Stone

“Milk in a mother's breast-that's cool. Milk in a mouth-that's cool too. But milk in my trumpet? Not so cool. I have to play that thing.”

Play Mother Mouths Breasts Milk Trumpets

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“I looked at her. my lovely, tall mother with her pretty coil of hair and her hard, bitter mouth. Her veins were never open. Her heart never leapt out to flop helplessly on the lawn. She never melted into puddles. She was normal. Always. At any cost.”

Heart Hard Mother Hair Cost Normal Mouths Lovely Bitter Tall Veins Lawns Puddles

Book:We Were Liars

Source: We Were Liars

“Where I lived - winter and hard earth.I sat in my cold stone roomchoosing tough words, granite, flint,to break the ice. My broken heart -I tried that, but it skimmed,flat, over the frozen lake.She came from a long, long way,but I saw her at last, walking,my daughter, my girl, across the fields,In bare feet, bringing all spring's flowersto her mother's house. I swearthe air softened and warmed as she moved,the blue sky smiling, none too soon,with the small shy mouth of a new moon.”

“Prayer sometimes dulls the hunger of the pauper, like a mother's finger thrust into the mouth of her starving baby.”

Sometimes Mother Prayer Baby Mouths Fingers Hunger Starving Thrust Like A Mother

Author:I. L. Peretz

“All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say.”

Two Used Mother White Lord Mouths Ears Dear

Author:Stephen Fry

“Don't go running off at the mouth. Let the picture tell the story. No one tunes in to hear you broadcast the game, except maybe your mother or your wife.”

Stories Running Mother Games Wife Mouths Tunes

Author:Marty Glickman

“I was always very curious about other people. I would always stare and my mother would say - just please close your mouth!”

People Mother Please Mouths Curious Staring

Author:Rebecca Miller

“My mother, who grew up in Pennsylvania, literally washed my mouth out with soap once for saying, 'Shut up!' to my sister. She would have washed my mouth out with gasoline if she knew how foul my mouth was racially when she wasn't around.”

Ifs Mother Grew Grew Up Mouths My Sister Shut Up Soap Foul Gasoline Pennsylvania

Author:John Piper

“I have a dirty mouth sometimes, and I'm very liberal, and that doesn't always go down well in the film industry - especially when you've got to appeal to mums and daughters.”

Wells Sometimes Film Mother Industry Mouths Daughter Appeals Dirty Mum Naughty Film Industry Amanda

Author:Amanda Seyfried

“The earth has a mouth?” Buckley asked. A big round mouth but with no lips,” my father said. Jack,” my mother said, laughing, “stop it. Do you know I caught him outside growling at the snapdragons?”

Knows Said Bigs Earth Mother Father Laughing Mouths Rounds Lips Caught Do You Know Growling

Book:The Lovely Bones

Source: The Lovely Bones

“Thus it was that in obedience to the law laid down by his mother, and in obedience to the law of that unknown and nameless thing, fear, he kept away from the mouth of the cave.”

Law Mother Mouths Obedience Caves Fangs Nameless

Book:Call of The Wild, White Fang

Source: Call of The Wild, White Fang

“Ranger is an unusual name," she managed. "Is it a nickname?" It's a street name," Ranger said. "I was a Ranger in the army." I heard about them Rangers on TV," Grandma said. "I heard they get dogs pregnant." My father's mouth dropped open and a piece of ham fell out. My mother froze, her fork poised in midair. That's sort of a joke," I told Grandma. "Rangers don't get dogs pregnant in real life." I looked at Ranger for corroboration and got another smile.”

Source: Three Plums In One: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly

“My sisters and I stand, arms around each other, laughind and wiping the tears from each others eyes. The flash of the Polaroid goes off and my family hands me the snapshot. My sisters and I watch quietly together, eager to see what develops. Ghe grey-greensurface changes to the bright colors of our three images, sharpening and deepening all at once. And although we don't speak, I know we all see it: Together we look like our mother. Her same eyes, her same mouth, open in suprise to see, her long-cherished wish.”

Knows Looks Long Hands Eye Together Mother Three Speak Wish Watches Tears Color Arms Mouths My Family My Sister Flash Grey Snapshots Sharpening Polaroids Bright Colors

Author:Amy Tan

“My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is just unhappy, and who could blame her with a husband like that . . . She says this is really the only reason people are ever mean--they have something hurting inside of them, a claw of unhappiness scratching at their hearts, and it hurts them so much that sometimes they have to push it right out of their mouths to scratch someone else, just to give themselves a rest, a moment of relief.”

People Giving Heart Mean Sometimes Reason Moments Mother Hurt Cases Husband Mouths Blame Unhappy Relief Unhappiness It Hurts Scratches Claws Meanness Hurting Inside

Author:Laura Moriarty

“Elizabeth’s hands flew to her mouth; tears filled her eyes with happiness as she realized he was fulfilling yet another of her and her mother’s intended activities. “Why are you fulfilling all of my mother’s dreams?” she asked, studying his face and searching for answers. “So you don’t run away like she did in search of them,” he replied, taking her hand. “Come on, join in!” he said, leaping around.”

Said Dream Hands Eye Running Faces Mother Answers Study Tears Activity Mouths Filled Running Away Fulfilling Her Eyes Flew

Book:If You Could See Me Now

Source: If You Could See Me Now

“Greg stands up, wiping his mouth. "I saw your mother's trial in the paper, Sharpe. I know you're just like her." "If I was, I would make you beg to blow me," I sneer.”

Ifs Knows Mother Saws Paper Mouths Blow Trials Like Her Sneer

Book:White Cat

Source: White Cat

“Listen.. to your motor-mouth mother..... Lovely Minato said”

Said Mother Mouths Lovely Motor

Author:Masashi Kishimoto

“A thousand times today I've started to open my mouth, started to squeak out, "Can you tell me...? But then I'd look into the front seat, at my mother's silent shaking, my father's grim profile, the mournful bags under his eyes, and all the questions I might ask seemed abusive. Assault and battery, a question mark used like a club. My parents are old and fragile. I'd have to heartless to want to hurt them.”

Source: Double Identity

“Oh, God, Shannon. You're blowing my mind." Clint's morning voice was rich with passion. I wanted to correct him and explain that it wasn't his mind I was blowing, but my mother had taught me it was impolite to speak when one's mouth was full.”

Mind Wanted Mother Passion Speak Voice Morning Rich Taught Mouths Shannon

Book:Divine by Choice

Source: Divine by Choice

“His voice was soft and sweet as molasses; but my mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something that will get the results they want.”

Thinking Want Firsts Persons Mother Voice Chance Results Sweet Mouths Acceptable Molasses

Book:Moon Called

Source: Moon Called

“Your mother sets you up blind dates? With guys like that?" The corners of his mouth twitched. "She doesn't like you very much, does she?”

Doe Mother Guy Like You Mouths Blind Corners Blind Date

Book:Otherworld Chills

Source: Otherworld Chills

“Love, I've never been anyone's mother; I don't know how to talk to young or old. But don't stop smiling just because I flap my mouth and say something that's not dressed around the edges like a lace tablecloth. Thicken up and we'll get along fine.”

Knows Young Mother Know How Fine Mouths Edges Lace

Author:Catherynne M. Valente

“Tarly, when I was a lad half your age, my lady mother told me that if I stood about with my mouth open, a weasel was like to mistake it for his lair and run down my throat. If you have something to say, say it. Otherwise, beware of weasels.”

Ifs Running Age Mother Mistake Half Mouths Throat Lad Weasels

Book:George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

“Maybe I shouldn’t mouth off to the elemental I kinda hoped was my future mother-in-law.”

Law Mother Mouths In-laws My Future Elementals Mother In Law

Author:Kiersten White

“Helda's been trying to impress me with the embroidery on the sheets. One more minute and I thought I might use them to hang myself." "My mother did the embroidery," Bittterblue said. Katsa clapped her mouth shut and glared at Helda. "Thank you, Helda, for mentioning that detail.”

Trying Said Use Might Mother Minutes Mouths Details Impress Sheets Embroidery Katsa Might Use

Author:Kristin Cashore