Barbed wire Quote by Lauren Oliver

“Her cut finger has begun to bleed slightly and she licks the blood away. Salt, metal, black earth. Blood has such a tenebrous taste.”

— Emma Richler

“She felt it all right at the back of her throat, like a bomb – or a tiger – sitting on the base of…

— Rainbow Rowell

“WITH BLEEDING INSIDE THE HEAD THERE IS A METALLIC TASTE AT THE BACK OF THE THROAT.”

— Jenny Holzer

“She liked to eat with her fingers, she hated cutlery. Why put a big chunk of sharp-edged metal into your mouth? She said it…

— Margaret Atwood

“Anne tried to bite her tongue, but she was finding her mouth bloody too often.”

— Janice Lane Palko

“Stapled to her gaze, sucked into the potency of her focus, only the trace of her blood in my mouth reassures me this is…

— Poppet

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

— Jaime Tenorio Valenzuela

Are you?” “What?” “Venomous?” Another savage smile. He touched the tip of one fang with his tongue and when he drew it away, she…

— Nalini Singh

“A jealous woman holds poison on her tongue.”

— Vivienne Lorret

“She put her hand to cover up her mouth, like somehow by shielding this part of her body she could protect the rest of…

— Elizabeth Heller

“She let out a laugh, one that scraped her throat and bled on her tongue.”

— Jackie Morse Kessler

“I was about to close in on her again when, to my confusion, she reached into her mouth. When she withdrew her hand, she…

— Bella Forrest