Words, especially when yelled in anger, can be very damaging to a child's self-confidence. The child probably already feels bad enough just from seeing the consequences of his or her behavior. Our son...
Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal...
When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollutio...
The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be,...
Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.'
You have to fall in love with hanging around words.
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone but principally by catch words.
You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
Talk is cheap when your words have no value.
And you can glance out the window for a moment, distracted by the sound of small kids playing a made-up game in a neighbor's yard, some kind of kickball maybe, and they speak in your voice, or piggyba...
The body is poisoned through the mouth, even so is the heart through the ear ... And even if we do mean no harm, the Evil One means a great deal, and he will use those idle words as a sharp weapon aga...
I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes...put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack
Why do you look so sad?""Because you speak to me in words and I look at you with feelings.
Change your world with your hardwork and loyalty not with your words and your dreams.
My head is a hive of words that won't settle.
Powerful words that penetrate the psyche are not forgotten while silence is.
THoughts have unique beauties, you will never be able to express it in words.
There are words, which should leave unspoken, and the true value of a man lies in the words the he has for not saying.
These words are all I have so I write them- I need them just to get by.