“ Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much. Damien Rice
“ In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a P… Malala Yousafzai
“ My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music. Yoko Ono
“ Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain. Gerald Brenan
“ The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. Ecclesiasticus
“ Don't let yourself be amazed by the imagination of a writer and his words, writers are almost all the time in a love-hate relationship with words. Nema Al-Araby
“ In the sky, far above - Where my words - Written in the Clouds; I've borrowed from the sun, A gentle smile. Kristian Goldmund Aumann
“ The words which we use in our everyday speech are nothing other than watered-down magic. Sigmund Freud
“ Affliction caused by the tongue is worse than that caused by the strike of the blade of a sword. Anonymous
“ Distance and time might keep people apart, but the heart and mind will always stay connected by memories, miracles and the power of two unlikely souls that were destined to meet. Shannon L. Alder
“ I've fixed my feelings into durable wordswhen they could have been spent on tenderness Jorge Luis Borges
“ A good storyteller minces words to entertain or inspire the audience. The politicians and religious leaders do much the same, but for a different purpose - to turn otherwise normal people to nutcases. Vinko Vrbanic
“ Looking at the root of a word is much like looking at the roots of a tree. The foundation is important, but even a tree with a strong root can still bear sickly fruit if it is subject to mismanagement Mary Robinette Kowel
