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Don't bite till you know if it's bread or stone.


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Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.

Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.



Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.



I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

I am a collection of dismantled almosts.



Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.



As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.

As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.



I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.

I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.



Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.

Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.



Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.

Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.



O starry night, This is how I want to die

O starry night, This is how I want to die



O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.

O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.





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This page presents the quote "Don't bite till you know if it's bread or stone.". Author of this quote is Anne Sexton. This quote is about stones, bites, bread,.