“ Some people have the coldest smiles, but have the tenderest hearts. And many have the most tender smiles, but carry the coldest hearts. You cannot judge a man by his smile, but you can judge a man by… Suzy Kassem
“ Words were weapons, his father had taught him that, and he'd wanted to hurt Clary more than he'd ever wanted to hurt any girl. In fact, he wasn't sure he had ever wanted to hurt a girl before. Usually… Cassandra Clare
“ Ideas were found by the freethinker, expressed by poet with the new words,formulated by scholar into knowledge. Toba Beta
“ The books—the generous friends who met me without suspicion—the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of my life that I can look back on with something like pride... Early and late, t… Wilkie Collins
“ Words define us,' Mom continued, as I struggled to make my clumsy marks look like her elegant script. 'We must protect our knowledge and pass it on whenever we can. If we are ever to become a society… Julie Kagawa
“ It's easy to waste too many words—and too much energy—on nonsense we don't even care about. What a relief it is to start giving time and energy to what matters most (whatever that is for you). We choo… Scott Stabile
“ Another important consequence in the arrival of digital technology and its facilitation of feedback is that we can look at large systems and recognize them once more not only as part of ourselves, but… Nick Harkaway
“ Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there is so much to decide in so little time. Criss Jami
“ I want to be able to do anything with words: handle slashing, flaming descriptions like Wells, and use the paradox with the clarity of Samuel Butler, the breadth of Bernard Shaw and the wit of Oscar W… F. Scott Fitzgerald
“ One day you will tell me how to change what I cannot yet describe without my words swelling HUGE, vowels vanishing, tears washing ink away. Alasdair Gray
“ Have you ever pondered the miracle of popcorn? It starts out as a tiny, little, compact kernel with magic trapped inside that when agitated, bursts to create something marvelously desirable. It’s sort… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ I cannot decide whether it is an illness or a sin, the need to write things down and fix the flowing world in one rigid form. Bear believed writing dulled the spirit, stilled some holy breath. Smother… Charles Frazier
“ To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real. Augusto Roa Bastos
“ …words have been all my life, all my life--this need is like the Spider's need who carries before her a huge Burden of Silk which she must spin out--the silk is her life, her home, her safety--her foo… A.S. Byatt
“ I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them. E.L. Doctorow
“ A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping. Jennifer Donnelly
“ Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes. Theodore Dreiser
“ Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do. Anne Carson
