Iyanla Vanzant

I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and begins to tell you their life story, you can't say, 'Excuse me, boo,' as they're weeping on your bosom.

American Author

Dolly Parton

People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.

American Singer

Thomas Becket

My hopes are laid up within my own bosom, for he is not alone with whom the Lord is; when he falls, he shall not be dashed to pieces, for the Lord sustains him in his hand.

English Clergyman

Joseph Addison

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

English Writer

Giacomo Casanova

Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.

Italian Celebrity

Pope Francis

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

Argentinian Clergyman

Henry Ward Beecher

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.

American Clergyman

William Shakespeare

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

English Playwright

Frances Burney

In the bosom of her respectable family resided Camilla.

English Novelist

Albert Einstein

German Physicist

Often suggests intimacy or care when referring to a woman’s chest.

Gender Specific

Metaphorically portrays deep feelings or secrets.

Emotional Symbol

Used in literature to add a romantic or nostalgic quality.

Poetic or Romantic

Use to imply hiding something close, often in secrecy or protection.

Concealment

Modern use may seem antiquated or formal.

Old-fashioned

Symbolizes comfort and security within the family.

Family Ties

Reflects warmth, affection, or protection when used metaphorically.

Embrace

Indicates a very close, personal friendship between individuals.

Intimate Friendship

May be humorous or light-hearted in modern-day usage.

Casual Use

 No. Again, no. I don't mean that for a moment. What I mean is the world holds me so tightly -- the good and the bad -- my own follies and weakness that even this counterfeit Venus with her sham heat, and her bosom probably plumped

C.K. Williams: Poetry...

 Laennec, in a moment of vision and dignity, tightly rolls a sheet of paper and places one end to his ear and one end over the young woman's heaving bosom. He is delighted by the clarity of the sound.

How the stethoscope was...

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Bosom

Gender Specific

Emotional Symbol

Poetic or Romantic

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