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Quotes About Teeth

werewolves were members of the old Danish families who owned slaves. Their transformation was God's punishment for their wrongdoings. You could spy their teeth and claws at night, even when they were in their human guise, so they often wore gloves and scarves, even in the hottest times of the year.
~ Alice Hoffman
if anyone bothered to search through the laurel bordering the asphalt he'd surely find handfuls of teeth that were said to give the laurel its odd milky color, ivory with a pale pink edge, each blossom forming the shape of a bitter man's mouth.
~ Alice Hoffman
She could feel the crunch of city grit between her back teeth.
~ Alice McDermott
Her teeth were crowded to the front of her mouth as if they were ready for an argument
~ Alice Munro
learned from them that he couldn't wait for Fanny to share, "we survived living in New York. Fight with me," he said. "Scream. You have nice big teeth; bite me." Fanny's lovely mouth was shaping the words, in horror, "Bite me?" "But don't just go off inside yourself and assume
~ Alice Walker
When he laughed, Roy's mouth revealed a Stonehenge of ancient teeth.
~ Allison Pearson
ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Smile, I said. You're not trying to sell him your teeth.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Left one for you, kiddo, he imagined the fat man telling him. Marshall's skull grinned with small, sharp, slanting teeth. Might come in handy. You never know. In another couple days, when you're too weak to stand, it might be just what the doctor ordered. Swallow one as needed for pain and call me never.
~ Joe Hill
Without understanding exactly how the trap got sprung, he can feel its teeth in him.
~ Joe Hill
The good thing about carrying on a conversation with a phantom voice projected by some fragment of your shattered subconscious is, you can brush your teeth at the same time.
~ Eddie Robson
He was surrounded by peasants, on whom the teeth of his arguments could find no purchase.
~ Edmund Gosse
Look Ma! No cavities!
~ Anonymous
The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
~ Anonymous
Smile — sunshine is good for your teeth.
~ Anonymous
You don't have to brush your teeth — just the ones you want to keep.
~ Anonymous
Smile, it lets your teeth breathe.
~ Anonymous
No matter how grouchy you're feeling, You'll find the smile more or less healing. It grows in a wreath All around the front teeth— Thus preserving the face from congealing.
~ Anthony Euwer
for frail but surprisingly strong fairies who had lost their way above ground for burned mermaids and sick vampire girls for wild wolfish women with sharp teeth and leaves in their hair
~ Francesca Lia Block
She rides the sandworm of space! She guides through all storms Into the land of gentle winds. Though we sleep by the snake's den, She guards our dreaming sould. Shunning the desert heat, She hides us in a cool hollow. The gleaming of her white teeth Guides us in the night. By the braids of her hair We are lifted to heaven! Sweet fragrance, flower-scented, Surrounds us in her presence.
~ Frank Herbert
The mouth snaked toward the narrow crack where Paul and Jessica huddled. Cinnamon yelled in their nostrils. Moonlight flashed from crystal teeth.
~ Frank Herbert
Crystal teeth flashed in the dim light. He saw the yawning mouth-cavern with, far back, the ambient movement of dim flame. The overpowering redolence of the spice swept over him. But the worm had stopped. It remained in front of him as First Moon lifted over the butte. The light reflected off the worm's teeth outlining the faery glow of chemical fires deep within the creature.
~ Frank Herbert
They can afford to smile because they all have teeth so dazzling if they dropped them in the snow they'd be lost forever.
~ Frank McCourt
Evil has ways of surprising one. Suddenly it turns round and says: "You have misunderstood me," and perhaps it really is so. Evil transforms itself into your own lips, lets itself be gnawed at by your teeth, and with these new lips -- no former ones fitted smoothly to your gums -- to your own amazement you utter the words of goodness.
~ Franz Kafka