Breast

Breast

The breast is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, which in a female contains the mammary gland that secretes milk used to feed infants.

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Famous quotes containing the word breast:

    “He fancied that I gave a soul
    Did but our bodies touch,
    And laughed upon his breast to think
    Beast gave beast as much.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Swift beating on his breast in sibylline frenzy blind
    Because the heart in his blood-sodden breast had dragged him down into mankind ...”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Freedom is hunting, feeding, danger;
    that, that is freedom—that it is which makes
    the veins to swell, the breast to heave and glow
    Aye, that is freedom,—that is pleasure—life!”
    —Marie Lovell (1803–1877)