Augustus waters Quote by John Green

“Its a metaphor, you see. You put the killing in your mouth but you don't give it the power to kill. A metaphor.”

— John Green

“They don’t kill you unless you light them,” he said as Mom arrived at the curb. “And I’ve never lit one. It’s a metaphor,…

— John Green

He puts the killing thing in his mouth but doesn't give it the power to kill him.

— John Green

“It is love, the teeth told him, that resurrects life from death. Leave us here. Turn your head to the living.”

— Naomi Benaron

“Killing ain’t no good thing, son, unless it’s to eat or protect yourself. And you ought never to delight in it.”

— Joe R. Lansdale

“WORDS ARE TEETH. AND THEY EAT ME ALIVE. FEED ON MY CORPSE INSTEAD.”

— Gail Giles

“Where is the weapon with which I enforce your bondage? You give it to me every time you open your mouth.”

— Frank Herbert

“The world has teeth and it can bite you with them any time it wants.”

— Stephen King

“There are powers in the words. With this you can save lives, but also it's something that can kill.”

— Yuu Watase

“The tongue is the soft weapon that kills subtly.”

— Jaime Tenorio Valenzuela

“My body kills me, so I kill it.”

— Dorotheus the Theban

“I am hell with a knife and there is nothing I can really do about it but try and keep my mouth shut and…

— Lynda Barry