But words came halting forth, wanting Invention's stay; Invention, Nature's child, fled stepdame Study's blows; And others' feet still seemed but strangers… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
“I am no novel-reader—I seldom look into novels—Do not imagine that I often read novels—It is really very well for a novel.”… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Reading the dictionary helps me express myself better. I can spend hours flicking through a thesaurus, too. It's not about expanding my… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
“The bad angels were the jinn, and the good angels were the jinn too, and we spoke to them both in the… — Hannah Lillith Assadi Copy Share Image
The seed for my novel 'Half Brother' was planted in my mind over twenty years ago, but didn't germinate until late 2007… — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
The idea that you won't have a job is a real fear that people go through, so when people talk about jobs… — Miriam Shor Copy Share Image
“If you look at it from another point of view, words can be very confusing. Because they are often beautiful and we… — Janice Elliott Copy Share Image
I had the lyric 'Chip Don't Go' and a few words, and my wife came in and said that it sounded like… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
Happy," I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
On a normal novel, I would like to get 2,000 to 2,500 words done in a day; I average 10,000 words a… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
“As a result of these news stories, millions of people must have become aware of "niggardly," who otherwise would never have heard… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
The biggest issue for me has been the language because I speak so much German now. I've had to focus on my… — Motsi Mabuse Copy Share Image
When I'm outside gardening, it can be so inspiring. I think of words and melodies. It's peaceful. Every singer-songwriter should find something… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
“Human words are very powerful—even simple ones. They can create or they can destroy, depending on what is said and how it… — Tara Pollard Copy Share Image
“Weights He buys me a ring with, you are the only thing I am living for, engraved along the edge and when… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
I see your picture I smell your skin on the empty pillow next to mine You have only been gone ten days… — Incubus Copy Share Image
We don't live in a culture of censorship, such as the Soviet Union's; we live in a culture where there is too… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
“Have you ever pondered the miracle of popcorn? It starts out as a tiny, little, compact kernel with magic trapped inside that… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
All the words in the English language are divided into nine great classes. These classes are called the Parts of Speech. They… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
“My life had got on the wrong track, and my contact with men had become now a mere soliloquy. I had fallen… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I don't know... really.. I mean, anyone can tell you the most beautiful things in the world, but if there is no… — Janelle J Copy Share Image
I'm sure that everything you do contributes to the sort of novel that you write. A lot of actors have an understanding… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
The words are clear as in the reflection of the world on the water. Therefore write the Word at once, everywhere, from… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“The words most charged with philosophy are not necessarily those that contain what they say, but rather those that most energetically open… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
We not only speak but think and even dream in words. Language is a mirror in which the whole spiritual development of… — Ernest Klein Copy Share Image
“I'd developed an inability to demonstrate much negative emotion at all. It was another thing that made me seem like a dick… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I'm not sure how young kids get to the point where they're memorizing and knowing songs, but I knew the words to… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
“What” and “if” are two words as non-threatening as words can be, but put them together side by side and they have… — Carrie Green Copy Share Image
“The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn’t be any of this. Without words, the Führer was nothing.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
The Well taught us how to create a civilized space for debate, speak in our own voices, use our real names, mediate… — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
It's such an interesting experience seeing how different people react to music and the generosity of some and the craziness of others… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
“You've got such beautiful words but none I can eat, none which block the rain, none which bandage my wounds, none which… — Iain S. Thomas Copy Share Image
Much has been written about Trump's style of speech, which linguists have said is often unintelligible yet deeply compelling. Orwell's famous 1946… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
So the language of musical harmony is an absolutely extraordinary one. It's a way of navigating one's emotional frameworks, but without the… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
“You ask me what it feels like to have wings. I can only tell you the feeling with words. And words have… — Steven R. Boyett Copy Share Image
“Words start wars and end them, create love and choke it, bring us to laughter and joy and tears. Words cause men… — Roy Williams Copy Share Image
...I would think how words go straight up in a thin line, quick and harmless, and how terribly doing goes along the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Well, it's one of the things that will. Words are good, and words help us become the leading species on earth to… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
