--- title: "8 Ellipsis Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Ellipsis quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Ellipsis sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/tomaz-salamun-75432_psychology_my-mind-is-a-sacred-cow-bleeding-in-the_77578.jpg" --- > [“My mind is a sacred cow / bleeding in the ellipsis.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomaz-salamun/my-mind-is-a-sacred-cow-bleeding-in-the-ellipsis/) [Tomaz Salamun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomaz-salamun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/tomaz-salamun-75432_psychology_my-mind-is-a-sacred-cow-bleeding-in-the_77578.jpg) > [“There is a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long: 'The last man on Earth sat along in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredric-brown/there-is-a-sweet-little-horror-story-that-is-only-two-sentences-long-2/) [Fredric Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredric-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/fredric-brown-33365_human-mind_there-is-a-sweet-little-horror-story-tha_309932.jpg) > [An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/an-ellipsis-is-a-giant-ocean-of-possibilities/) [Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f90/jami-attenberg-2877_giant_an-ellipsis-is-a-giant-ocean-of-possibil_592450.png) > [“Death is the period at the end of a sentence. Someone gone, but still out there, is an ellipsis...or a question to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-schutz/death-is-the-period-at-the-end-of-a-sentence-someone-gone-but-still/) [Samantha Schutz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-schutz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/samantha-schutz-11614_death_death-is-the-period-at-the-end-of-a-sent_945590.jpg) > [Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bergen-evans/speech-is-highly-elliptical-it-would-scarcely-be-endurable-otherwise/) [Bergen Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bergen-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaf/bergen-evans-24643_causes_speech-is-highly-elliptical-it-would-sca_1439718.jpg) > [I don't think anyone would think that an ellipsis represents doubt or anything. I think it's more, you know, hinting at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-don-t-think-anyone-would-think-that-an-ellipsis-represents-doubt-or/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/sarah-dessen-110_doubt_i-don-t-think-anyone-would-think-that-an_1595741.png) > [“ellipsis, he’d been told, could literally be translated as ‘to hide behind silence’. It’s fascinating stuff, he said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/ellipsis-he-d-been-told-could-literally-be-translated-as-to-hide/) [Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57f/rachel-cusk-3482_silence_ellipsis-he-d-been-told-could-literally_1619401.png) > [I recently heard of someone studying the ellipsis (or three dots) for a PhD. And, I have to say, I was horrified.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-truss/i-recently-heard-of-someone-studying-the-ellipsis-or-three-dots-for-a/) [Lynne Truss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-truss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/lynne-truss-4153_black_i-recently-heard-of-someone-studying-the_3085194.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ellipsis/#itemlist", "name": "Ellipsis Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My mind is a sacred cow / bleeding in the ellipsis.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tomaz Salamun" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomaz-salamun/my-mind-is-a-sacred-cow-bleeding-in-the-ellipsis/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/tomaz-salamun-75432_psychology_my-mind-is-a-sacred-cow-bleeding-in-the_77578.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/tomaz-salamun-75432_psychology_my-mind-is-a-sacred-cow-bleeding-in-the_77578.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/tomaz-salamun-75432_psychology_my-mind-is-a-sacred-cow-bleeding-in-the_77578.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My mind is a sacred cow / bleeding in the ellipsis.” — Tomaz Salamun", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long: 'The last man on Earth sat along in a room. 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