Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been so intrigued by French language and how it completely changes you, because of cultural context, because of humor. — Freya Mavor Copy Share Image
“Learning the hard way fits with people who don't take lessons of the soft words.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
The language of labels is like paper money, issued irresponsibly, with nothing of intrinsic value behind it, that is, with no effort… — Paula Fox Copy Share Image
I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion. — Donatella Versace Copy Share Image
Words matter, especially words defining complicated political arrangements, because they shape perceptions of the events of the past, attitudes toward policies being… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
“For in Abraham man had learned beforehand, and had been accustomed to follow the Word of God. For Abraham, according to his… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“After learning the foreign language Gibberish, I became a dream spokesman.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. By rN — Rahul Copy Share Image
I owe my own fluency with language to Brooklyn. Everyone talked about everything, from the Dodgers to the revolution. — David Meltzer Copy Share Image
“A large class of readers … will suffer greatly from the introduction into the pages of this work of words printed with… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“I told you. It was interesting' [Annabel] 'Interesting,' he [Owen] said, 'is not a word.' 'Since when?” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Everyone wants a hug and kiss. It translates into any language. — Georgette Mosbacher Copy Share Image
I don't know why I still find it so hard to accept that words are faulty and by their very nature innacurate — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“The poet Li Qing-jao knew the pain of regretting words that have already fallen from our lips and can never be called… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I write characters, I need to hear their voice. As soon as I get them speaking, and I feel how they… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you just have to reassure the ones you love in precise language that you'll always be there. Sometimes words are enough. — Cassia Leo Copy Share Image
“Language is for itself the order of the Same. The world is its Other. The attestation of this otherness arises from language's… — Paul Ricœur Copy Share Image
