Quotes About Words

Life had made her afraid, of words that were no meant, of emotions that were untrue.

I am completely unflustered by whichever medium people choose to read my words. I'm just delighted they're reading them at all!

From my spirit's gray defeat, From my pulse's flagging beat, From my hopes that turned to sand Sifting through my close-clenched hand, From my own fault's slavery, If I can sing, I still am free. For with my singing I can make A refuge for my spirit's sake, A house of shining words, to be My fragile immortality.

The Net I made you many and many a song, Yet never one told all you are-- It was as though a net of words Were flung to catch a star; It was as though I curved my hand And dipped sea-water eagerly, Only to find it lost the blue Dark splendor of the sea.

Part of the magic of the imagination is that it can conjure something out of nothing except the simple medium of words until the hearer really feels as though she's experiencing a multisensory event.

I regret things all the time. I've never regretted not saying something. I've only regretted saying something.

Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time, place, and company.

Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity, and its influence is direct.

I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel

Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time.

I realize that I only have words and that, from time to time, as I hold them in my arms I am less lonely.

Words move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. Words, after speech, reach Into the silence. Only by the form, the pattern, Can words or music reach The stillness.

I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled, the greatest words mean.

It takes a long time for words to become thought.

Let the word and the legend go before you. Let the world go before you. Let your shadow grow. Let it grow hair on its face. Let it become dark. Given time, words may even enchant an enchanter.

There's precious little to say between day and dark, Perhaps a few words on the implacable will Of time sailing like a magic barque Or something as fine for the amenities.

Yes, time can be buoyed by wordlessness, but it needs to be anchored in words.

Never generally means "at no point in time." The term comes from the words 'no' and 'ever', meaning that something is not ever going to happen. Sourced

What she said was always strange. It had happened long ago. It seemed insignificant. And yet it was something you remembered forever. The words as well as the story. The voice as much as the words.

Talk is cheap, but look at how people behave, not at what they say.

Verliezen we soms met de komst van de woorden het vertrouwen? Het vertrouwen dat het volk in het bos wel bezit?

a novelist...we dream non-living characters and animate them with out words...

Cuando nos amamos, Dios vive en nosotros. Cubre nuestra mente y nuestro corazón con su sombra, guía nuestro pensamiento, nuestra conducta y nuestras palabras. Aleja de nosotros los pensamientos de miedo, reemplazándolos milagrosamente por pensamientos de amor.

Les rencontres nous signent. Nous devenons des livres d'or. Nous apprenons à parler des mots donnés par nos aimés. Quand il la revoit, sa voix avait des plis comme la soie.