What the hell is in swan saliva that burns so badly?

His saliva tasted like the wet dicks of ten thousand lonely truck drivers.

— Chuck Palahniuk

As we have seen, bread, and especially dry bread, evokes secretion of considerably larger quantities of saliva than meat.

— Ivan Pavlov

Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience.

— Helen Fisher

“Then came the deglutition of saliva, and the old lady instinctively wiped the stubble of her toothbrush moustache with her handkerchief.”

— Marcel Proust

“A few joints are circulating around, saliva-liva-liva-liva-liva.”

— Tom Wolfe

“I liken kissing baby cheeks to kissing stripper boobies. They’re both irresistible, but you’re bound to catch something. Scientists say there’s at least an…

— J. Matthew Nespoli

And an airplane of spittle dived into the sea, there were no salivas.

— Tommy Cooper

“—¿Me encuentras linda? —repetí, tragando saliva. Él me miró con extrema seriedad, como de costumbre. —Creo que eres hermosa. —¿Hermosa? —Tanto que a veces…

— Richelle Mead

I swing my arms to loosen myself up. Place my fists on my hips. then drop them to my sides. Saliva's filling my mouth…

— Suzanne Collins

Of course, certain religious expressions are fine. If a tribe of Aqualishes wants to boil rhino horns in frog saliva on the National Mall…

— Kathleen Parker

“I’m useless in water. I wake up at night drowning in my own saliva.”

— Karl Pilkington

Now behind the eyes and secrets of the dreamers in the streets rocked to sleep by the sea, see the titbits and topsyturvies, bobs…

— Dylan Thomas

Polly Jean, I love you. I love the texture of your skin, the taste of your saliva, the softness of your ears. I love…

— Nick Cave

“Since Pawlow and his pupils have succeeded in causing the secretion of saliva in the dog by means of optic and acoustic signals, it…

— Jacques Loeb

Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly…

— Ivan Pavlov