“ ...people would tell you much more than you expected to if you were generically presentable and left silence next to them like a friendly stranger; it was like they were waiting for some friendly sile… Brian Doyle
“ There, you see," said the carpenter. "And now may I give the little lady a piece of advice? She has learned to use her eyes well. She can tell the babies apart better than anyone else. But she must st… Charles Tritten
“ Words matter. All semester, we were looking for the words to say what we needed to say. We were all looking for our voice. Meg Wolitzer
“ The boy was twelve, reveling in the strange dust-smelling murk of a New Orleans library, watching motes flash gold in a beam of sun. He loved the ceiling lights on chains and the table lamps with thei… Marly Youmans
“ Iron turns red when it corrodes, and copper turns green. Meat turns to maggots, and thoughts turn to speech. Stepan Chapman
“ No man ever puts down what he intended to say... words... are but crude hieroglyphs chiseled in pain and sorrow to commemorate an event which is untransmissible. Henry Miller
“ …he didn’t needs words or even want them because he knew how they could lie, could heat your blood and disappear. Toni Morrison
“ A Writer in Love.I was just a word weaverWhat did I know of love?Only thatSome days when the words weren’t enough,I knewI was in love. Saiber
“ Sometimes the most appropriate response to an attack is to not engage, especially in situations where your own words may be used as weapons against you. Amy Neftzger
“ In Sanskrit words are like living beings; depending on context, circumstance and environment their mood varies and meaning differs. Amit Ray
“ Words; the powerful air that can change the mind, the body and the spirit in the twinkle of an eye! He who don't know words don't know life! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“ Taking a shaky breath, I spoke. “Well, recently, I learned how much my words affect people, even if it’s just one word. Darcy Ridge
“ The glass bottle does not know its own contents. It has no idea whether it is a vessel for the most delicious apple cider, a lovingly crafted wine, or a bitter poison. Lang Leav
“ It was like being seen after a perpetual darkness, I replied. To be heard after a lifetime of silence. Lang Leav
“ Anything and everything, the two almost the same--everything says, have it all; anything, one to claim. Lang Leav