“Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me.”

“Moonlight making crosses
on your body, and me putting my mouth on every one.”

“But I saw the pain and sadness in everything, and swirled it round my mouth like a fine wine.”

“This writing distinctly about the kite seems to be my destiny, because among the first recollections of my infancy, it seemed to me that, as I was in my cradle, a kite came to me and opened my mouth with its tail, and struck me several times with its tail inside my lips.”

“I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. It took seven languages to make me; it would be nice if I could have spoken just one.”

“The city, that monster with a hundred mouths and a thousand ears, a monster that knows nothing but says everything, had written me off.”

“Pritkin kissed like he did everything else, straightforward, accepting no prisoners and with an intensity that left me breathless. It was hot and hard and desperate, like he was starving for it, and I opened my mouth and took it, because,.”

“if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.”

“I lied. And my embarrassment was so great that I changed everything else to make the lie true.”

“I'd put my money where my mouth is, but my mouth keeps moving.”