A full bosom is actually a millstone around a woman’s neck: it endears her to the men who want to make their mammet of her, but she is never allowed to think that their popping eyes actually see her.
Germaine Greer (b. 1939) English reformer, author, educator
“Curves,” The Female Eunuch (1970)
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Quotations about:
breasts
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Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle,
that feed among the lilies.The Bible (14th C BC - 2nd C AD) Christian sacred scripture
Song of Solomon (Song of Songs) 4:5 [NRSV]
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“A man’s virility is in his beard,” he insisted.
To which Alexia replied, “And a woman’s is in her décolletage. Yet you don’t see me allowing mine to get out of control, now, do you?”
“If wishes were balloons,’ was his only response.
Gail Carriger (b. 1976) American archaeologist, author [pen name of Tofa Borregaard]
Timeless (2012)
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
The Bible (14th C BC - 2nd C AD) Christian sacred scripture
Proverbs 5:18-19 [KJV]
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Alternate translations:
- "Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts satisfy you at all times; may you be intoxicated always by her love." [NRSV]
- So be happy with your wife and find your joy with the woman you married -- pretty and graceful as a deer. Let her charms keep you happy; let her surround you with her love." [GNT]
Boobs are near the center of the universe, until you turn twenty-five or so. Which is also when young men’s auto insurance rates go down. This is not a coincidence.
Jim Butcher (b. 1971) American author
Ghost Story, ch. 9 (2011)
