To care about words, to have a stake in what is written, to believe in the power of books - this overwhelms… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can't understand them. The best sentence? The shortest. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro. (Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
At its most fundamental, information is a binary choice. In other words, a single bit of information is one yes-or-no choice. — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“Up,” Rat-man repeats. I wonder if these are the only words he knows—stand, walk, up, down. The platform is at eye level.… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
You don't have the power to make rainbows or waterfalls, sunsets or roses, but you do have the power to bless people… — Sharon G. Larsen Copy Share Image
Three words can fill me. Three words can repair my heart. Sweet and powerful, Leaves me breathless, makes me whole, That's when… — Ranjan Dey Copy Share Image
Lyrically, 'less words mean more' is a pretty good rule of thumb. Try to cut out the fat and get to the… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
When I think of anything properly describable as a beautiful idea, it is always in the form of music. I have written… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Words are the children of reason and, therefore, can't explain it. They really can't translate feeling because they're not part of it.… — Bill Evans Copy Share Image
“In passion, I can fling out violent words, but they don’t yet answer to my actual feeling. It will be long enough… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
I discovered that it's not really about the language. It's about how the words are pronounced and the delivery. We have plenty… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
“It's easy to waste too many words—and too much energy—on nonsense we don't even care about. What a relief it is to… — Scott Stabile Copy Share Image
“If you’re going to love a poet you should know this. Our words are our truths. Our blood hums with verse. We… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
I was doing one of my first plays at the Royal Court, and Matt LeBlanc came to see the play. He came… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
“I feel like a little kid in a toy shop. All those books. I've always wanted to be a writer, but before… — Paula Danziger Copy Share Image
“Love. Sometimes it's not what you say. It's what you do and how you make one feel without the use of words.… — Carla Gipson Lizana Copy Share Image
Sometime a blank paper tells u whole story. Some time even a book lacks the meanings. It is true that word are… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Maurice Sendak is the daddy of them all when it comes to picture books - the words, the rhythm, the psychology, the… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
What excites me about picture books is the gap between pictures and words. Sometimes the pictures can tell a slightly different story… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
I've always been genuinely interested in the spirit world. I've seen things I will never talk about because I'd be a fool… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
Words are a human way of trying to describe things. But they're much more of interference than they are a help in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I had a much better connection between words and music. Somewhere along the way, I had kind of… — Edgar Meyer Copy Share Image
Love isn't just a word it is more than that. It can change your life and make it better take a chance… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
“In many a case, the phrase ‘I’d like to get to know you better’ is a euphemism for ‘I want us to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“What are your drawn to?" ... "Language, Words, No, not teaching. Perhaps one day I'll write something.” — Ellen Sussman Copy Share Image
When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Words are meaningless; sugarcoat nothing. Save your words; make them count. Let your words be as a hammer of truth, such that… — Josh Q Copy Share Image
“Words have power. They can save, cure, uplift, devastate, deflate, and kill. And unconscious priming with words influences pro- and antisocial behaviors.” — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I mean, what would I be doing if I couldn't write? But that fortunately hasn't proved to be the case and I… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Speak to me as to thy thinking's, as thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The worst of words. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was a joy! Words weren't dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I was filming 'Father Brown' when my agent told me about the audition. As soon as I heard the words 'Line of… — Claudia Jessie Copy Share Image
I'd say writing songs is, for me, as much playing the tape recorder as it is playing guitar or writing words. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Language to me is a tool a very clumsy tool. And words are garden tools with which to till the soil of… — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
What I love about 'Culpables' is that it's a completely clean song. We do not speak ill of women or men. The… — Karol G Copy Share Image
“Good communication has just a little to do with eloquence. It's character that makes it more successful. Harsh words nicely articulated are… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“I think that if we can find the words, and if we can find someone to tell them to, then perhaps we… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
