Quote by L.M. Montgomery

“Only the fact of my broken limbs prevents me from leaping at your throat.”

— Jack Vance

“If your foot slip, you may recover your balance, but if your tongue slip, you cannot recall your words.”

— W.A. Clouston

“It hurts too much to talk about. My teeth ache in my head. I open my mouth to speak, but what comes out instead…

— M.L. Rio

“There's something in this starlight that loosens one's tongue. I'm an ass, and yet somehow I would like to tell you.”

— H.G. Wells

“Don’t you two dare say a thing,” she pointed a finger at us, straightening her skirt with the other hand. “Just bite your tongues.”…

— Micalea Smeltzer

“We’re not in shock,” I told her, even as I clutched the material tighter around my neck. “Well, you all look awful,” she said.…

— Rachel Hawkins

“That happens sometimes, right? It's on the tip of your tongue, but you just can't think of it.”

— Haruki Murakami

“The words hurt my throat a little – probably because I was swallowing my pride, and it didn’t taste so great.”

— Emma Winters

“...Stella’s tiny butt stuck in the air as she stretched to reach a weed. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a button-down…

— Robin Alexander

“Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around”

— Metallica

“When his mouth snaps shut a third time, I splash water in his face. “Are you going to say something or are you trying…

— Anna Banks

“and I’m thrown backward. I land on my left elbow, hear it crack. Pain splinters through me. A Scavenger looms over me. Impossible to…

— Lauren Oliver