When she thought of the letter beit, it was not of the thickness of lines or the exactitude of spaces. It was of mysteries: the number two, the dual; the house, the house of God on earth. 'They will b...
I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes...put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack
When it comes to words, rather than using our own voice, authentic and unpracticed, we steal someone else's to shield our fear.
There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam.
There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands awayNor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest takeWithout oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears...
There is indeed power in words. Most of the lasting change that has been forged in the history of this world came not from a wielding of the swift and bloody sword of battle but from the shaping scalp...
A thought to ponder: If I couldn't use words to speak, what would my life be saying?
There is a weird power in a spoken word.
Words can't save you, but they can give you courage.
If the body is the register of the real, then reading with one's feet is real in a way reading with one's eyes alone is not.
Talk is cheap when your words have no value.
Words were sometimes like ammo. They could strike you with fear worse than an arrow. And worse was sometimes knowing ahead a time what the words were.
There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
The savage rushing of the river seemed to be inside her head, inside her body. Even when the oarswomen, their guides, were speaking to her, she had the impression she couldn't quite hear them because...
As a writer, you must truly possess a love for words.""Yes, that's right," I agreed."I've noticed that some authors favor particular words, making frequent use of them. Do you have a favorite?"I nodde...
Words will only ruin you, if you allow them.
The taste for books was an early one. As a child he was sometimes found at midnight by a page still reading. They took his taper away, and he bred glow-worms to serve his purpose. They took the glow-w...
The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever.
The word is always a word for others. Words need to be heard. When we give words to what we are living, these words need to be received and responded to. A speaker needs a listener. A writer needs a r...
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