There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on…

Through her, in microcosm, the wide earth sobbed. The starglobe sank in her; the colours faded. The death-dew rose and the wild birds in…

— Mervyn Peake

When we prescribe antibiotics for a strep throat, it's not even for the strep throat. It's for the complications of the strep throat.

— Mikhail Varshavski

I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up using pipe tobacco.…

— David Strathairn

My primary school teacher once poured a bottle of curdled school milk forcefully down my throat. Then I threw it up all over her…

— Paul O'Grady

When I eat cilantro, it's like someone sprayed perfume down my throat. It closes up my throat, even if there's only a little piece.…

— Amber Rose

Frostpine made a face. Lifting the cup, he dumped its contents down his throat. “Auugghh!” he yelled, his voice stronger than it had been…

— Tamora Pierce

I pretend no originality in observing that mass education was motivated in part by the perceived need to "educate them to keep them from…

— Noam Chomsky

And what of the dead? They lie without shoes in the stone boats. They are more like stone than the sea would be if…

— Anne Sexton

Cat cleared her throat in the tense silence that followed. “Uh, before this goes any further, let’s at least introduce ourselves to your friend.…

— Jeaniene Frost

President Bush deliberately did not apologize for things and that’s because advisers around him, including those there, felt that the press corps would jump…

— David Gregory

The Americans say that we are ungrateful-but I ask them for heaven's sake, what should we be grateful to them for-for murdering our fathers…

— David Walker

I’m in, Cat. I’d never leave you. Especially when you’ve got death breathing down your neck.” “Very funny,” I retorted, since Bones was inches…

— Jeaniene Frost

J.D. cleared his throat and pushed the button on the intercom. “Uh, Payton, hi. It’s J.D.” Dead silence. Then another crackle. “Sorry. Not interested.”…

— Julie James

No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Sam reached his hand toward mine and I automatically put my fingers in his. With a guilty little smile he pulled my hand toward…

— Maggie Stiefvater