“ It sometimes seems to me that a pestilence has struck the human race in its most distinctive faculty - that is, the use of words. It is a plague afflicting language, revealing itself as a loss of cogn… Italo Calvino
“ It occurred to Keth for the first time that perhaps magic wasn't simply a matter of fires, lightning, and power in the air, if spoken words could also create such a transformation. Tamora Pierce
“ He believes that if talent is demanded of a literary publisher or a writer, it must also be demanded of a reader. Because we mustn’t deceive ourselves: on the journey of reading we often travel throug… Enrique Vila-Matas
“ Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . . Oscar Wilde
“ The new grass rising in the hills,the cows loitering in the morning chill,a dozen or more old browns hiddenin the shadows of the cottonwoodsbeside the streambed. I go higherto where the road gives up… Philip Levine
“ You can never draw enough or read enough - reading about architecture, in other words. Michael Graves
“ Every device there is in language is there to be used, if you will. Poets have got to enjoy themselves sometimes, and the twistings and convolutions of words, the inventions and contrivances, are all… Dylan Thomas
“ Hope and wishes for all that delights will sour in the midst of action not taken and words unsaid. Maximillian Degenerez
“ I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes. Liu Xiaobo
“ Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone but principally by catch words. Robert Louis Stevenson
“ Your words crossed a threshold,And entered the past,Yet they have created,A word that will last. Somya Kedia
“ If you are tempted to revealA tale to you someone has toldAbout another, make it pass,Before you speak, three gates of gold;These narrow gates. First, "Is it true?"Then, "Is it needful?" In your mindG… Beth Day
“ I write to taste life twice; to savour the flavour of sweet times gone by, or spit out the bitterness before it multiplies. Aisha Mirza
“ Writers are like tricksters. Their words lure us to embark on journeys and unlock our emotions. Ogwo David Emenike
