Tomas

“It's a metaphor, see; you put the killing thing right between your teeth but you don't give it the power to do its killing.”
― Augustus Water John Green

“The wreath of cigarette smoke which curls about the head of the growing lad holds his brain in an iron grip which prevents it from growing and his mind from developing.”
― Hudson Maxim

“He even let me smoke a cigarette in his office, but he urged me to quit smoking because of the health risks. He even had a pamphlet in his desk that he gave me. I now use it as a bookmark.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“If all boys could be made to know that with every breath of cigarette smoke they inhale imbecility and exhale manhood ... and that the cigarette is a maker of invalids, criminals and fools—not men—it ought to deter them some. The yellow finger stain is an emblem of deeper degradation and enslavement than the ball and chain.”
― Hudson Maxim