Consuming Breast Milk

Famous quotes containing the words consuming, breast and/or milk:

“Say never the strong heart
In the consuming breath
Cries out unto the dark
The skinny death.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“So if hunger provokes wailing and wailing brings the breast; if the breast permits sucking and milk suggests its swallow; if swallowing issues in sleep and stomachy comfort, then need, ache, message, object, act, and satisfaction are soon associated like charms on a chain; shortly our wants begin to envision the things which well reduce them, and the organism is finally said to wish.”
—William Gass (b. 1924)

“Well, there she is folks. The land of milk and honey—California.”
—Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)