“Pierced in a vital spot, shrieking in concert with the birds of prey, wretched, crushed, prostrate, (the birds of prey) shall devour the enemy who attempts to hinder this oblation of ours directed against (him)!”
Atharva Veda
“But words are words; I never yet did hearThat the bruised heart was pierced through the ear.”
William Shakespeare
“The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.”
Yehudi Menuhin
“It was cold out there, bitter, biting, cutting, piercing, hyperborean, marmoreal cold, and there were all these Minnesotans running around outdoors, happy as lambs in the spring.”
Charles Kuralt
“I don't want to pierce anything. I think it's outdated. Belly rings and all are, like, old.”
Britney Spears
“Spit in my face you Jews, and pierce my side.”
John Donne
“[Crawford, who won an Academy Award for Mildred Pierce ,] had a gigantic orgasm and shrieked like a maniac ... another round.”
Marilyn Monroe
