Cheeks

Famous quotes containing the word cheeks:

    When my face turned toward his,
    I averted it
    and looked at my feet.
    When my ears clamored
    to hear his talk,
    I stopped them.
    When my cheeks broke out
    in sweat and goosebumps,
    I covered them with my hands.
    But Friends,
    when the seams of my bodice
    burst in a hundred places,
    what could I do?
    Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.)

    When we made love,
    she issued hundreds of orders
    and her cheeks bloomed with joy,
    but at dawn,
    this same woman hangs her head
    and I’m not so sure she’s my lover.
    Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

    The graceless madness of her lips,
    Who was the powder-puff of life,
    Cannot rouge those cheeks nor warm
    His cold corpuscles back to strife.
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)