John Green
1254 citations

In the first century CE, Roman authorities punished St. Apollonia by crushing her teeth one by one with pliers. Colin often thought about this in relationship to the monotony of dumping: we have thirty-two teeth. After a while, having each tooth individually destroyed probably gets repetitive, even dull. But it never stops hurting. ✨ John Green (2008). An Abundance of Katherines, p.93, Penguin

328

Thought

24