Mouth Shut

Famous quotes containing the words mouth and/or shut:

    “It is not that the Englishman can’t feel—it is that he is afraid to feel. He has been taught at his public school that feeling is bad form. He must not express great joy or sorrow, or even open his mouth too wide when he talks—his pipe might fall out if he did.”
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)

    “Then she journeyed back to her own house
    and the gods of the world were shut in the lavatory.
    At last!
    she cried out,
    and locked the door.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)