“After all, what is a kiss? A vow made at closer range, a more precise promise, a confession that contains its own proof, a seal placed on a pact that has already been signed; it's a secret told to the mouth rather than to the ear.” MadeInspiringSecretPromiseKissingMouthsEarsProofRangeConfessionPreciseVowSealsPact Author:Edmond Rostand
“Lips move; lips touch; lips signal. Lips are on the outside for show, and on the most secret inside of your mouth. Lips frame words that lie. Lips frame a hole that wants to be filled.” WantShowsMovingLyingSecretMouthsFilledLipsHolesSignals Book:The Ice is Singing Source: The Ice is Singing
“The secret to writing sound effects is having a room you can be alone in, trying to make the sounds yourself, and seeing what comes out. It's similar to if you're writing a character talking with their mouth full: the only way I know to transcribe that is to stuff my fist in my mouth and write down what sounds I make when I try to talk.” IfsKnowsWayWritingTryingBookCharacterStuffSoundRoomsSecretTalkingSeeingEffectsMouthsComicComic BookFistsSound Effects Author:Ryan North
“I was seduced by secrets, which are to true love as artificial sweetener is to sugar, calorie-free but in the long run carcinogenic, not the real thing, and only a peculiar aftertaste in the mouth to tell you so, to warn you.” LongRealRunningSecretMouthsPeculiarSugarArtificialLong RunsReal ThingsCaloriesSweeteners Book:Life Force Source: Life Force
“How dare you, unless you can hold up your own life as a model of rectitude, achievement, and halcyon happiness, open your mouth about the stubborn secrets of living?” SecretAdviceAchievementModelsMouthsDareStubbornRectitude Book:Day by Day with Celestine Sibley Source: Day by Day with Celestine Sibley
“A kiss! When all is said, what is a kiss? An oath of allegiance taken in closer proximity, a promise more precise, a seal on a confession, a rose-red dot upon the letter i in loving; a secret which elects the mouth for ear; an instant of eternity murmuring like a bee; balmy communion with a flavor of flowers; a fashion of inhaling each other's hearts, and of tasting, on the brink of the lips, each other's soul!” HeartSaidSoulSecretTakenFashionFlowerPromiseKissingMouthsRedLettersEarsEternityRoseLipsInstantConfessionBeesCommunionPreciseFlavorAllegianceOathSealsDotsTastingProximityMurmuring Book:CYRANO DE BERGERAC Source: CYRANO DE BERGERAC
“You see everything depends upon the psychological headquarters from which we live. 'Where am I living from?' Ask yourself that question. If you don't like your headquarters, you can move any time you like. Break away. Don't tell anyone about it. Others will either smile tolerantly or mouth sanctimonious babble. Make your escape plans in secret. Never mind if you lose certain friends, you will find others who also have dared. They will be ten-thousand times more valuable to you.” IfsMindMovingCertainAsksLosesSecretBreakPlansLike YouDependsThousandTenMouthsValuablePsychologicalHer SmileHeadquartersSanctimonious Author:Vernon Howard
“Happily, and thanks to God, there are orifices through which our inner life constantly escapes, and the soul, like the blood, hath its pores. The mouth is the chief and foremost of these channels which lead the soul out of its invisible sanctuary; it is by speech that man communicates the secret converse which is his real life.” MenRealSoulSecretBloodSpeechMouthsCommunicateReal LifeInvisibleThanksChiefsSanctuaryInner LifeConverses Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire