326 Quotes About Poison

  • Author Timberlake Wertenbaker
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    Love, stealing with grace into the heart you wish to destroy, love, turning us blind with the bitter poison of desire, love come not my way. And when you whirl through the streets, wild steps to unchained rhythms, love, I pray you, brush not against me, love, I beg you, pass me by.

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  • Author Katherine Mansfield
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    Nos sentamos en la balaustrada, bajo la marquesina. Beatrice estaba inclinada, mirando a lo lejos..., hacia la carretera blanca con su defensa de cactus espinosos. La belleza de su oreja, tan sólo su oreja, tan maravillosa que habría podido dejar de mirarla y gritar hacia toda aquella extensión de mar centelleante que teníamos debajo:«Saben... su oreja... Tiene unas orejas que son simplemente lo más...»

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  • Author Steve Maraboli
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    Why am I driving myself crazy trying to figure out why you keep hurting me? I’m not the “Narcissist Whisperer”. If you want to poison your own life, fine… But I’m done letting you poison mine.

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  • Author Robin Hobb
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    And a moment later he was telling me how one could sicken a man just by feeding him rhubarb and spinach at the same sitting, sicken him even to death if the portions were sufficient, and never set a bit of poison on the table at all.

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  • Author Leigh Bardugo
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    Her gaze turned distant. 'Have you ever heard of the arsenic eaters?'Alex blinked, confused. 'No?''They would ingest a little bit of arsenic every day. It made their skin clear and their eyes bright and they felt wonderful. And all the while they were just drinking poison.' When Mira turned her eyes back to Alex, they were sharper and steadier than Alex ever remembered them being, free of the usual determined cheer. 'That's what being with your father was like.

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