“I don't remember ever being see-saw, when I'd made my mind up that a thing was wrong. It takes the taste out o' my mouth for things, when I know I should have a heavy conscience after 'em. I've seen pretty clear, ever since I could cast up a sum, as you can never do what's wrong without breeding sin and trouble more than you can ever see. It's like a bit o' bad workmanship--you never see th' end o' the mischief it'll do. And it's a poor look-out to come into the world to make your fellow creatures worse off instead o' better.” KnowsWorldShouldMindLooksMadeEndsRememberBitsSinPoorClearSawsTroubleTasteCreaturesMouthsConscienceShould HaveFellowsCastsHeavyEmsMischiefBreedingWorkmanship Book:Works Source: Works
“We should have a way of telling people they have bad breath without hurting their feelings. Well, I'm bored. Let's go brush our teeth. Or, I've got to make a phone call. Hold this gum in your mouth.” PeopleWayShouldWellsFeelingsHurtMouthsShould HaveBreathsPhonesTeethBoredBrushesPhone CallsGumBad Breath Author:Brad Stine
“This is a diseased century. We diagnosed the disease and its causes with microscopic exactness, but whenever we applied the healing knife a new sore appeared. Our will was hard and pure, we should have been loved by the people, but they hate us. Why are we so odious and detested? We brought you truth and in our mouth it sounded like a lie. We brought you freedom, and it looks in our hands like a whip. We brought you the living life, and where our voice is heard the trees wither and there is a rustling of dry leaves. We brought you the promise of the future, but our tongue stammered and barked.” PeopleShouldLooksHas BeensHardHandsLyingHateCausesVoiceHealingHeardTreeCenturyPromisePureDiseaseMouthsShould HaveTongueLive LifeDryKnivesShould Have BeenWhipsDiseasedExactnessPromise Of The FutureDry Leaves Author:Arundhati Roy
“I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck.” WayShouldLooksMouthsShould HaveNosesDucksCurlsTilt Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“Romance novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think everyone should have lots of delicious romance novels lying around for those times when the peanut butter of life gets stuck to the roof of your mouth.” ThinkingShouldRomanceLife IsLyingNovelMouthsShould HaveStuckBirthdayCakeRoofDeliciousRomance NovelPeanutsJellyPeanut ButterBirthday CakePeanut Butter And Jelly Book:Thanksgiving Source: Thanksgiving
“rosto cupped laddybuck in one hand and grabed the back of my neck with the other pulling me in and kissing me right on the mouth. i should have punched him but his lips were soft and sweet. i will punch him next time. -beka after she realizes that rosto the piper is the new rouge” ShouldHandsNextRealizingSweetKissingMouthsShould HaveLipsNecksPullingNext TimePipersRouge Author:Tamora Pierce
“I should have said something. ... But my mouth wouldn't open, and the longer I stood there in silence, the better I can to understand the problem. It wasn't that I had nothing to say to him. It was that I had too much to say.” ShouldSaidI CanProblemSilenceToo MuchMouthsShould Have Book:Soul Screamers Volume One: My Soul to Lose\My Soul to Take\My Soul to Save Source: Soul Screamers Volume One: My Soul to Lose\My Soul to Take\My Soul to Save
“He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was.” IfsMenShouldWantedFacesCommonNeededTenMouthsShould HaveInstinctCommon Sense Author:Melina Marchetta