“My tears must stop, for every drop
Hinders needle and thread.”

“Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.”

“Love is so small it can tear itself through the eye of a needle”

“you got to figure out which end of the needle you’re gon be, the one that’s fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth.”

“You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle.”

“The storm starts, when the drops start dropping
When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.”

“Mother, may I go and maffick,
Tear around and hinder traffic?”

“I don't like sewing machines. I don't understand how a needle with a thread going through the tip of it can interlock the thread by jamming itself into a little goddamn spool. It's contrary to nature and it irritates me.”

“Separation

Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.”

“If he had a bloody gash across his throat and a physiker was trying to sew it up, Lamora would steal the needle and thread and die laughing.”