Tongue Tip

Famous quotes containing the words tongue and/or tip:

    “The gentle serpent, green in the mulberry bush,
    Riots with his tongue through the hush—
    Sentinel of the grave who counts us all!”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)