“Will we allow the decline of our language-the language of Shakespeare, Shaw and Steinbeck? Will we abuse our precious gift of communication? Will we bite our mother tongue with the teeth of indifference, crushing the taste buds of clarity and, without prompt application of the antiseptic of education, causing the gangrene of strained metaphors? Stand up, America, and let me hear your answer: Ain't no way, dude!” WayAmericaMotherLanguageAnswersCommunicationTasteLet MeAbuseMetaphorTongueTeethClarityIndifferenceCrushBitesApplicationDeclineBudPromptsPrecious GiftsMother TongueTaste Buds Author:Mike Nichols
“I'm not a huge fan of romantic comedies - my taste goes much more to the offbeat and dark. I'd love to sink my teeth into something like Fargo.” DarkFansHugeTasteTeethOffbeatFargo Author:Courteney Cox
“She'll understand what I already know - that death surrounds us all. And it tastes like metal between your teeth.” KnowsTasteTeethSurroundMetals Author:Jenny Downham
“On the evenings when my parents held parties, the drawing-room mirrors multiplied to infinity the scintillations of a crystal chandelier. Mama would take her seat at the grand piano to accompany a lady dressed in a cloud of tulle who played the violin and a cousin who performed on a cello. I would crack between my teeth the candied shell of an artificial fruit, and a burst of light would illuminate my palate with a taste of blackcurrant or pineapple: all the colours, all the lights were mine, the gauzy scarves, the diamonds, the laces; I held the whole party in my mouth.” WholeLightParentRoomsPartyMinesTasteMouthsMirrorsFruitCloudsDrawingTeethEveningPianoColourSeatsCracksInfinityArtificialDiamondShellsCousinCrystalsMamaViolinAccompanyLacePalateScarvesPineapplesChandeliersTulle Book:Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter Source: Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
“Last scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history, is second childishness and mere oblivion. I am sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.” EndsEyeLastsStageStrangeTasteSceneMereTeethOld AgeOblivionYou Like ItChildishnessStage Acting Author:William Shakespeare
“It’s as if your kind needs adversity in order to achieve. (Leta) No, we don’t. That’s just a lie people tell themselves to feel better about all the people who kick them in their teeth when it’s just as easy to help a man up as it is to knock him to the ground. That’s why I’ve withdrawn from this world. I don’t want to have to watch my back all the time and I’m tired of trying to figure out if the loyalty someone professes is real and true, or just another lie that will crumble the instant they taste jealousy. (Aiden)” PeopleIfsMenWorldWantNeedsFeelsTryingKindRealHelpingLyingOrderEasyWatchesAchieveFiguresThis WorldTasteAdversityTiredLoyaltyTeethInstantKicksFeel BetterI'm TiredTired Of Trying Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“The Simi gots some barbecue sauce in her bag. It kind of looks like blood if you squint at it the right way. And it don’t coagulate between your teeth like blood or give you them funky burps, not to mention it tastes a lot better too. Especially over that type A stuff. Bleh! I’d rather eat my shoes. But that O-flavored blood…yum! (She straightened and held one finger up in a gesture that strangely reminded him of Smokey the Bear.) And just remember, kids, three out of four demons all prefer barbecue sauce over hemoglobin. (Simi)” IfsWayGivingLooksKindKidsRememberThreeStuffFourBloodTypeBearsTasteFingersShoesTeethDemonBagsGesturesRight WaySauceBarbecueFunkyBarbecue Sauce Book:Chronicles of Nick Source: Chronicles of Nick
“I'm here. Soon I won't be. Zoey's baby is here. Its pulse tick-ticking. Soon it won't be. And when Zoey comes out of that room, having signed on the dotted line, she'll be different. She'll understand what I already know- that death surrounds us all. And it tastes like metal between you teeth.” KnowsDifferentLinesRoomsBabyTasteTeethSurroundMetalsPulseTick Book:Now is Good (Also published as Before I Die) Source: Now is Good (Also published as Before I Die)