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Jealousy, the old worm that bites.

Jealousy, the old worm that bites.

Aphra Behn, Jane Spencer (1998). “The Rover: The Feigned Courtesans ; The Lucky Chance ; The Emperor of the Moon”, p.233, Oxford University Press, USA

Vile worm, thou wast o'erlook'd even in thy birth.

William Shakespeare (1826). “The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens and E. Malone, with a selection of notes, by A. Chalmers”, p.279

I am a bookworm. For play, I bury myself in the corners of libraries and read.

Robert Littell (2003). “The Once and Future Spy”, p.56, The Overlook Press

There is no God dare wrong a worm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.284, Library of America

A critic is a lug-worm in the liver of literature.

Lawrence Durrell (2015). “The Avignon Quintet: Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian and Quinx”, p.193, Faber & Faber

I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.

"The Midas touch". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2009.

In the early '90s, we discovered mutations that could double the normal life span of worms.

"Sugar Shortens Life Span in Worms", abcnews.go.com. November 4, 2009.

I do not want to be a fly,I want to be a worm!

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Gary Scharnhorst (2012). “Charlotte Perkins Gilman's In this Our World and Uncollected Poems”, p.59, Syracuse University Press

Yes, Consul. The next time one of our esteemed members turns into a worm and eats another esteemed member, we will inform you immediately.

Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1051, Simon and Schuster

we know our end A packet of worm-seed, a garden of spent tissues.

Allen Tate (2014). “Collected Poems, 1919-1976”, p.13, Macmillan