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With that, I splashed some water on my face, fixed on a smile, and stepped out. I would find Jerome. I would make him explain to me what I was missing. We would laugh, then we would kiss with tongue, and all would be well.

Maureen Johnson

Kissing, Water, Laughing

Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.109, Penguin

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I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away from me, giddy with freedom. This, and this, and this, I said to him. I did not have to fear that I spoke too much. I did not have to worry that I was too slender, or too slow. This and this and this! I taught him how to skip stones, and he taught me how to carve wood. I could feel every nerve in my body, every brush of air against my skin.

Madeline Miller

Hurt, Air, Worry

Madeline Miller (2011). “The Song of Achilles”, p.47, Bloomsbury Publishing

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My name is unpronounceable in your tongue, woman,” it said. “I’ll be the judge of that,” warned Granny, and added, “Don’t call me woman.” “Very well. My name is WxrtHltl-jwlpklz,” said the demon smugly.

Terry Pratchett

Names, Judging, Demon

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NEVER! Never, Marge! I can't live the button-down life like you. I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles! Sure, I might offend a few of the bluenoses with my cocky stride and musky odors -- oh, I'll never be the darling of the so-called 'City Fathers' who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about "What's to be done with this Homer Simpson?!

Matt Groening

Father, Cocky, Cities

"Fictional character: Homer Simpson". TV Series "The Simpsons" ("Lisa's Rival"), (1989- ).

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When the end comes, dark and hungry I'll be alone, love When the end comes, black and starving I'll say good-bye, love.-from Golden Tongue: The Poems of Steven Slaughter

Maggie Stiefvater

Dark, Bye, Black

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You have a freckle here," he whispered, sweeping his tongue over a spot just under my jaw. "It drives me crazy every time you 're above me. I just want to do this..." The jentle draw of his mouth pushed me over the edge, and my knees tightened around his hips as i rocked against him.

Tammara Webber

Crazy, Mouths, Want

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For one week, all I could think about was drinking margaritas--well, that and running my tongue along Reyes's teeth--but I didn't have salt--or Reyes's teeth. I'd also lacked the energy to leave my apartment to get some--or the desire to stoop low enough to beg Reyes to let me lick his teeth after what he did--so I could only wish for a margarita. And dream of Reyes's teeth. I'd secretly hoped a margarita would magically appear in my hand, but that would mean I would have to put down the remote, and God knew that was not going to happen.

Darynda Jones

Running, Dream, Drinking

Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.153, St. Martin's Press

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He tried to pull me against him, and I bit him on the lip. He licked his lip with the tip of his tongue. 'Did you just bite me?

Becca Fitzpatrick

Lips, Bite Me, Bites

Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.215, Simon and Schuster

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Oh, you've outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness. The ring's a promise of peace and I'm greedy with hope. It's a song that we sing in a tongue that we share. And though you say it's a gift from a king to a king, I say it's a sign from a queen to a queen.

Melina Marchetta

Song, Kings, Queens

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Wiggles hissed as I crossed the floor toward the throne. She fixed me with her empty hateful eyes and smelled the air, her long tongue shivering through the slit of the lipless mouth. Nice to see you too, sweetheart. Remember my cattle prod?

Ilona Andrews

Nice, Eye, Air

Ilona Andrews (2012). “Magic Bites: A Special Edition of the First Kate Daniels Novel”, p.68, Penguin

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And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.

Meg Cabot

Good Night, Night, People

Meg Cabot (2009). “High Stakes”, p.58, Pan Macmillan

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Do you like me?” No answer. Silence bounced, fell off his tongue and sat between us and clogged my throat. It slaughtered my trust. It tore cigarettes out of my mouth. We exchanged blind words, and I did not cry, I did not beg, but blackness filled my ears, blackness lunged in my heart, and something that had been good, a sort of kindly oxygen, turned into a gas oven.

Anne Sexton

Heart, Oxygen, Silence

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He just watched the way Finnikin’s hands rested on Evanjalin’s neck and he rubbed his thumb along her jaw and the way his tongue seemed to disappear inside her mouth as if he needed a part of her to breathe himself.

Melina Marchetta

Kissing, Hands, Thumbs

Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.231, Penguin UK

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Their tongues met, starving, two years without this delicious meal. They kissed and kissed and kissed. The joining of their mouths was more intense than that night on the ferry. This was a kiss of reunion. Of forgiveness. Of coming home.

Lori Wilde

Home, Kissing, Night

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She sticks her tongue out at me and crosses her eyes. Not sure why that made me want to do her in the backseat, but to each his own, I guess.

J.A. Redmerski

Eye, Want, Sticks

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Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.

Ray Bradbury

Eye, Hands, Noses

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She looks up at me with those vulnerable eyes. “What if it means something?” She asks. “What if it does?” “Promise me it won’t mean anything.” I lean my head back on the couch. “It won’t mean anythin’.” Aren’t I supposed to be the guy in this scenario, laying down the no-commitment rules? “And no tongue,” she adds. “Mi vida, if I kiss you, I guarantee there’s gonna be tongue.

Simone Elkeles

Mean, Commitment, Eye

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Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love. Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues. Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.

William Shakespeare

Eye, Heart, Blood

1598 Claudio. Much Ado About Nothing, act 2, sc.1, l.169-70.

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I was pretending that I did not speak their language; on the moon we spoke a soft, liquid tongue, and sang in the starlight, looking down on the dead dried world.

Shirley Jackson

Moon, World, Liquid

Shirley Jackson (2010). “Novels and Stories: The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Other Stories and Sketches”

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If toes had eyes, then I could see how my feet know where to go, but toes are blind. And how is it that my tongue speaks words it cannot hear? Because for all its eloquence, the tongue itself is deaf, and flaps in soundlessness.

Jane Roberts

Eye, Feet, Toes

Jane Roberts (1984). “God of jane: a psychic manifesto”, Prentice Hall Direct

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Not all tongues that wag cohabit with a brain.

Donita K. Paul

Brain, Wags

Donita K. Paul (2008). “DragonFire: A Novel”, p.73, WaterBrook

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I dread the loss of her I've never touched love keeps me a slave in a cage of tears I gnaw my tongue with which to her I can never speak I miss a woman who was never born I kiss a woman across the years that say we shall never meet Everything passes Everything perishes Everything palls my thought walks away with a killing smile leaving discordant anxiety which roars in my soul No hope No hope No hope No hope No hope No hope No hope

Sarah Kane

Loss, Kissing, Years

Sarah Kane, David Greig (2001). “Kane: Complete Plays: Blasted; Phaedra's Love; Cleansed; Crave; 4.48 Psychosis; Skin”, p.218, A&C Black

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See you tomorrow,” he said, instead. “All right.” Then, impulsively, I asked, “Do you have a place to sleep tonight?” “Sure,” he said with a smile, and started off as if he had somewhere to be. I could have bitten off my tongue because I pushed him into a lie. Once he started lying to me, it would be harder to get him to trust me with the truth. I don’t know why it works that way, but it does—at least in my experience.

Patricia Briggs

Lying, Sleep, Doe

Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.32, Penguin

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If you dissect a bird / to diagram the tongue, / you'll cut the chord / articulating song.

Sylvia Plath

Song, Cutting, Bird

Sylvia Plath (2015). “Collected Poems”, p.285, Faber & Faber

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She's not like anyone I've ever seen before. When I'm not with her, I want to be. And when she opens the book and I see her face, I can barely remember what I'm supposed to say, much less how to speak at all." I test the words on my tongue. "I think I might be in love with her. But how can I really know, since the only love I've ever experienced was written for me?

Jodi Picoult

Book, Thinking, Want

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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