“The leaf fall of his words, the stained glass hues of his moods, the rust in his voice, the smoke in his mouth, his breath on my vision like human breath blinding a mirror.”
Source: House of Incest
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Anaïs Nin 278
writer of novels, short stories, and erotica 1903–1977Related quotes
“And His that gentle voice we hear,
Soft as the breath of even.”
Our Blest Redeemer, ere He breathed
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 66.
“Vanquished in life, his death
By beauty made amends:
The passing of his breath
Won his defeated ends.”
By the Statue of King Charles at Charing Cross (1895)
“That’s Carlos?” Phineas lowered his sword and whistled under his breath. “Hello, kitty.”
Source: All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire
“There is rust in my mouth,
the stain of an old kiss.”
"The Lost Lie" from The Divorce Papers
45 Mercy Street (1976)
“Said Periander, "Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage."”
The Banquet of the Seven Wise Men, 14
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)