“ My cheeks are red hot,my lip still trembles,because I sent my heartto speak; every word of itdelusional and awkward,an exuberance, an abrupt sound.That's how I spoke, oh, it stillshows on my hot cheek… Robert Walser
“ I wish I could read what she's written there. Instead, I pretend the letters are stars. The words, constellations. Isaac Marion
“ Once your words fly out of your mouth, you sometimes can't control whether they fly straight or crooked, Grandma Augustine says. "They can get bent in the strangest ways." Grandma Augustine says that… Lori Aurelia Williams
“ And I? I drink, I burn, I gather dreams.And sometimes I tell a story. Because Promethea asks me for a bowl of words before she goes to sleep. Hélène Cixous
“ Our love must not be a thing of words and fine talk. It must be a thing of action and sincerity. Brian McGreevy
“ I like the word clandestine. It feels medieval. Sometimes I think of words as being alive. If clandestine were alive, it would be a pale little girl with hair the color of fall leaves and a dress as w… Carol Rifka Brunt
“ His voice, what he said, remains, and it is here, all of those voices are here, in what I am telling you. If in the beginning there was the word, then perhaps, with humility at the smallness of our po… Brian Francis Slattery
“ There are things known—things experienced, felt, and understood—that words hold no power to convey. Attempting to do so only dilutes their substance and does them injustice. Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Poetry is one of my guilty pleasures and I want to thank you poets for providing me with beautiful words that I can devour and selfishly indulge in any time I want. ♥-Nina Jean Slack Nina Jean Slack
“ It’s just words. How can words be dangerous?”“You have a lot to learn about the world, baby girl. Nothing is more dangerous than words.”“That’s stupid. What about a gun? A gun can kill you dead.”“Only… Catherine Ryan Hyde
“ Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words. Clare Vanderpool
“ Sometimes poetry--words--give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough. Patricia MacLachlan
“ ...there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be. Patricia MacLachlan
“ The more I did it―the more it owned me. It made things matter. It put a spine into my spineless life and that spine spread, into backbone, ribs, collarbone, neck held high.It was something. Don't say… Megan Abbott
“ Words. Just little black marks on paper. Just sounds in the empty air. But think of the power they have! They can make you laugh or cry, love or hate, fight or run away. They can heal or hurt. They ev… Arthur Gordon
“ Remembrance is acknowledging that a life was lived ...My father finally wrote out his memories for a reason. I took on a year of reading books for a reason. Because words are witness to life: they rec… Nina Sankovitch
“ Rhythm. Life is full of it; words should have it, too. But you have to train your ear. Listen to the waves on a quiet night; you’ll pick up the cadence. Look at the patterns the wind makes in dry sand… Arthur Gordon
