Tongue Quotes - Page 18
'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 194
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.450
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 2, l. 249
William Gibson (2000). “Neuromancer”, p.96, Penguin
Only the dead can be forgiven; But when I think of that my tongue's a stone.
William Butler Yeats (2016). “Collected Poems”, p.134, William Butler Yeats
Walt Whitman (2013). “Walt Whitman: Selected Poems 1855-1892”, p.164, St. Martin's Press
I act as the tongue of you, ... tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened.
Walt Whitman, Ezra Greenspan (2005). “Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself": A Sourcebook and Critical Edition”, p.52, Psychology Press
By mourning tongues The death of the poet was kept from his poems.
"In Memory of W. B. Yeats" l. 10 (1940)
Ransack the language as he might, words failed him. He wanted another landscape, and another tongue.
Virginia Woolf (2007). “Selected Works of Virginia Woolf”, p.422, Wordsworth Editions
Truman Capote (2012). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.82, Vintage
Thomas Paine (1856). “Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution”, p.5
The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men.
Thomas a Kempis (2013). “The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music”, p.82, Cambridge University Press
Living is about clucking your tongue and enjoying the sound. ~Slater
Ted Dekker (2008). “Dekker 2 in 1 (Obsessed & Three)”, p.81, Thomas Nelson Inc
One single word and I swear I’ll rip your tongue out. (Zephyra)
Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “The Dark-Hunters”, p.1553, Macmillan