And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins;... but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When my face turned toward his, I averted it... and looked at my feet. When my ears clamored to hear his talk, I stopped them. When my cheeks broke out in sweat and goosebumps, I covered them with my hands. But Friends, when the seams of my bodice burst in a hundred places, what could I do?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am willing, for a money consideration, to test this physical strength, this nervous force, and muscular power with which I've be...en gifted, to show that they will bear a certain strain. If I break down, if my brain gives way under want of sleep, my heart ceases to respond to the calls made on my circulatory system, or the surcharged veins of my extremities burst--if, in short, I fall helpless, or it may be, dead on the track, then I lose my money.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Then the question began to live under my blankets: How did lesbianism begin? What were the symptoms? The public library gave infor...mation on the finished lesbian--and that woefully sketchy--but on the growth of a lesbian, there was nothing. I did discover that the difference between hermaphrodites and lesbians was that hermaphrodites were "born that way." It was impossible to determine whether lesbians budded gradually, or burst into being with a suddenness that dismayed them as much as it repelled society.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Because humans are not alone in exhibiting such behavior--bees stockpile royal jelly, birds feather their nests, mice shred paper-...-it's possible that a pregnant woman who scrubs her house from floor to ceiling [just before her baby is born] is responding to a biological imperative . . . . Of course there are those who believe that . . . the burst of energy that propels a pregnant woman to clean her house is a perfectly natural response to their mother's impending visit.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The windows were then closed and the steam turned on. There was a sign up saying that no one could smoke, but you couldn't help it.... You were lucky if you didn't burst into flames.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms. The passions may ...rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgement shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Mrs. Coley's three-flat brick Isn't here any more.... All done with seeing her fat little form Burst out of the basement door....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The moth's kiss first! Kiss me as if you made believe... You were not sure, this eve, How my face, your flower, had pursed Its petals up; so, here and there You brush it, till I grow aware Who wants me, and wide ope I burst.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »