Children Quote by Nick Cave

“Sometimes I felt the bloated Toad, hideous and pampered with the poisonous vapours of the dungeon, dragging his loathsome length along my bosom: Sometimes…

— Matthew Gregory Lewis

“a toad in plainest brown, festooned with bumps.”

— Eric Forsberg

“We ran hunched along a subterranean corridor, discarded animal bones underfoot, the ceiling brushing our heads, past things I tried not to see—a slumped…

— Ransom Riggs

“He has the face of a toad, the manners of a pig, and the mind of a flea.”

— Susan Maupin Schmid

“When Toad found himself immured in a dank and noisome dungeon, and knew that all the grim darkness of a medieval fortress lay between…

— Kenneth Grahame

“Cane toads are all over the place.' `Are they edible?' `Heck, no. They're poisonous.' `That is disappointing.' Hunger gnawed at her insides. `Do you…

— Cheryse Durrant

“The whole right side of his face was smashed in, concave forehead and crushed cheekbone and one eye bugging precariously from a broken socket.…

— Joan Frances Turner

“A Bird came down the Walk – He did not know I saw – He bit an Angleworm in halves And ate the fellow,…

— Emily Dickinson

“The skeleton was as happy as a madman whose straightjacket had been taken off. He felt liberated at being able to walk without flesh.…

— Leonora Carrington

“It reminds me of the story that my American godmother used to tell me years and years ago about two frogs who fell into…

— Agatha Christie

“Most of us live our lives like toads, sitting perfectly still, under a plantain leaf. We are waiting for a fly to come our…

— Sherwood Anderson

“They went together to the pond. The frogs, frozen by the movement, sat still. Fourteen golden eyes like nuggets gleamed unwinking from the margin.…

— Enid Bagnold