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Ribs Quotes

Touch me ‘til my ribs become piano keys, ‘til there is sheet music scrolled across the inside of my lungs.

Touch me ‘til my ribs become piano keys, ‘til there is sheet music scrolled across the inside of my lungs.

Andrea Gibson (Poet) (2013). “Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns”, p.37, SCB Distributors

You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was made from his funny bone.

"What Every Woman Knows". Book by James M. Barrie, September 3, 1908.

The fact is that woman was taken from a rib.

"Pope Francis jokes 'woman was from a rib' as he avoids vow to reform church". www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2014.

I wanted to wear her as you would a piece of clothing, to fold into her ribs, be a stone in her mouth.

Hisham Matar (2011). “Anatomy of a Disappearance”, p.13, Penguin UK

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada are the horns, the head, the neck, the shins, and the hoof of the ox, and the United States are the ribs, the sirloin, the kidneys, and the rest of the body.

William Cobbett (1933). “The Progress of a Plough-boy to a Seat in Parliament: As Exemplified in the History of the Life of William Cobbett, Member for Oldham”