“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door.”

“You're a loaded gun”

Jon Bon Jovi (1962) American singer and musician

“Load up on guns, bring your friends.”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

“Western civilization is a loaded gun pointed at the head of this planet.”

Terence McKenna (1946–2000) American ethnobotanist

“Tell me the truth, girl: how does the man next door ship out trailer-loads of material from a building ten times too small to hold the stuff?”

R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) American writer

“The purest surrealist act is walking into a crowd with a loaded gun and firing into it randomly”

André Breton (1896–1966) French writer

“There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the endless luxury of thousands of unread books. Best of all was the eager itch of anticipation as you went out the door with your arms loaded down with books.”

Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927–2014) American writer of children's fiction

“If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.”

Joan Crawford (1904–1977) American actress

“Secrets with girls, like loaded guns with boys,
Are never valued till they make a noise.”

George Crabbe (1754–1832) English poet, surgeon, and clergyman

“They say music can alter moods and talk to you
Well, can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?
If it can, then the next time you assault a dude
Just tell the judge that it was my fault, and I'll get sued”

Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor