“So this is love: the Sculptor’s chisel. And stone, which in its whole life does not utter a single word, suddenly sings.” — Milan Rúfus Copy Share Image
If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times. — Johann Georg Hamann Copy Share Image
Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Keeping it short and to the point is essential, otherwise he won’t hear a single word.” — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I'm telling you. A single word can stop a person from pulling the trigger. You have the power to save someone's life.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I stop, because a little piece of me can't help hoping. I turn to look at him, and know, to my shame,… — Cristin Terrill Copy Share Image
The truest communication with God is absolute, total silence; there is not a single word in existence that can convey this communication. — Bernadette Roberts Copy Share Image
“Philip had warned the Spartans that if he brought his armies successfully into their territory he would destroy their cities and kill… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
The American Constitution is a written instrument full and complete in itself. No Court in America, no Congress, no President, can add… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“These are treacherous times, and I know how easily perceptions can be twisted by a single word spoken into the wrong ear.… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I do believe that a poet would possess a stronger intuitive sense of phrasing with a rock song. There is a way… — Jim Carroll Copy Share Image
“Good guy. There was efficiency to male language. Those two words were what guys said about other guys that they really respected.… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
When you're a litigator, you write so much, so many briefs, over and over again, that you're kind of really focused on… — Greg Poehler Copy Share Image
“He enslaved her with the pain. No one would suffer this willingly, so if she suffered it, it must be because he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It's when I'm around some people that my entire vocabulary goes on vacation. Like now, when Dave's walking next to me wearing… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“The qualities that make for excellence in children's literature can be summed up in a single word: imagination. And imagination as it… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
We cannot control the way people interpret our ideas or thoughts, but we can control the words and tones we choose to… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“She had been the source of all his wealth; she had peopled his plantation with slaves; she had become a great grandmother… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“There is an uncharacteristic radicalism to Lewis’s further suggestion that if we can find “even one reader to whom the cheap little… — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
“A big practice in chaos magic is the use of sigils, which are abstract words or symbols you create and embed with… — Sophia Amoruso Copy Share Image
“This rule is difficult to apply; it is frequently hard to decide whether a single word, such as however, or a brief… — William Strunk Copy Share Image
“And he’s gone to Hawkforte.” “Had his breakfast,” Mulridge said, appearing over Bolkum’s shoulder. “Said he couldn’t bear London a moment longer.… — Josie Litton Copy Share Image
When I pick up a pencil, that this is a rough draft. This is not going anywhere, and no one's going to… — Lily King Copy Share Image
“Is he crying? I lean forward for a better look and find him staring right at me. Oh,no.Oh no oh no oh… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
“She said he had seven times seven years before she claimed him, before he had to join her Under the Mountain. If… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“What are you two doing?” Her uncle’s teasing voice came into the room before he did. But his voice was the second… — Kimberly Derting Copy Share Image
“Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. The… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
“He leans forward and his mouth brushes briefly against mine, and I feel... nothing. I was hoping our first kiss would trigger… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
“All right. You want to know about Nigel. I’ll tell you about Nigel. He’s come a long way since that so-called accident,… — Shawn Corey Copy Share Image
“By now the window of the bar is visible, glowing ahead of them, but there is no sound, not a single word… — László Krasznahorkai Copy Share Image
“Attention words. A single word wasn't enough. Not even for a particular segment. The brain had defenses, filters evolved over millions of… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“I want out of the labels. I don't want my whole life crammed into a single word.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
With a single word of encouragement, or a single vote of confidence, a man can be inspired to overcome the most foreboding… — Graydon Archer Copy Share Image
In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain short stories, but I always end up with just one… — Etty Hillesum Copy Share Image
“If we were to understand how important it is to say something and say it well, maybe we wouldn’t write a single… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
Punjabi songs and Babu Mann tops my playlist. I also listen to a lot of English music although I don't understand a… — Neeraj Chopra Copy Share Image
When the audience resonates with my music and sings every single word from the song, the high of performing live is unmatched. — Guru Randhawa Copy Share Image
“The only tattoos visible as she dug out her sketchbook and handed it over were the ones on her wrists like bracelets… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image