--- title: "14 Words Belong Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 14 Words Belong quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Words Belong sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/virginia-woolf-49_belong_words-belong-to-each-other-672884_672884.jpg" --- > [Words belong to each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/words-belong-to-each-other/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/virginia-woolf-49_belong_words-belong-to-each-other-672884_672884.jpg) > [“Words belong to the person who wrote them”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/words-belong-to-the-person-who-wrote-them/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/malcolm-gladwell-348_language_words-belong-to-the-person-who-wrote-the_1163079.png) > [For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ts-eliot/for-last-years-words-belong-to-last-years-language-and-next-years/) [TS Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ts-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/ts-eliot-34425_language_for-last-years-words-belong-to-last-year_704818.jpg) > [“Words belong in contexts, not pegged out like biological specimens.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/words-belong-in-contexts-not-pegged-out-like-biological-specimens/) [Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/philip-pullman-525_language_words-belong-in-contexts-not-pegged-out_1236446.png) > [Words belong to those who use them only till someone else steals them back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hakim-bey/words-belong-to-those-who-use-them-only-till-someone-else-steals-them/) [Hakim Bey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hakim-bey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/hakim-bey-17371_language_words-belong-to-those-who-use-them-only_2960727.png) > [language can't be appropriated by one person, one poet. The words belong to all of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/language-can-t-be-appropriated-by-one-person-one-poet-the-words/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/253/erica-jong-445_language_language-can-t-be-appropriated-by-one-pe_612879.jpg) > [For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-last-year-s-words-belong-to-last-year-s-language-and-next-year-s-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/anonymous-1_happy-new-year_for-last-year-s-words-belong-to-last-yea_1898401.jpg) > [“People never mean to do thingd that are hurtful, yet sometimes it just happens, through an intense moment, through brief rationalization, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-sorensen/people-never-mean-to-do-thingd-that-are-hurtful-yet-sometimes-it-just/) [Jessica Sorensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-sorensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/jessica-sorensen-1288_hurt_people-never-mean-to-do-thingd-that-are_2984990.png) > [For last years words belong to last years language. And next years words await another voice. And to make an end is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-last-years-words-belong-to-last-years-language-and-next-years-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/anonymous-1_christmas_for-last-years-words-belong-to-last-year_3041578.jpg) > [“For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot-2/for-last-year-s-words-belong-to-last-year-s-language-and-next-year-s/) [T.S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/t-s-eliot-2-1761_language_for-last-year-s-words-belong-to-last-yea_1498572.jpg) > [Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody. "Your very own words," indeed ! And who are you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/writers-don-t-own-their-words-since-when-do-words-belong-to-anybody/) [Brion Gysin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brion-gysin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/brion-gysin-36475_language_writers-don-t-own-their-words-since-when_2403807.jpg) > [Words belong to nobody, and in themselves they evaluate nothing. But they can serve any speaker and be used for the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-bakhtin/words-belong-to-nobody-and-in-themselves-they-evaluate-nothing-but/) [Mikhail Bakhtin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-bakhtin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/mikhail-bakhtin-43416_contradictory_words-belong-to-nobody-and-in-themselves_2696855.jpg) > [I sought to reform minstrelsy among refined people by making words suitable to their taste, instead of the trashy and really offensive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-foster/i-sought-to-reform-minstrelsy-among-refined-people-by-making-words/) [Stephen Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/stephen-foster-59912_comic_i-sought-to-reform-minstrelsy-among-refi_1329345.png) > [“Zarathustra: Do you have words? Do your words belong to you? Giannina: No, my answer is no. I have no property in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giannina-braschi/zarathustra-do-you-have-words-do-your-words-belong-to-you-giannina-no/) [Giannina Braschi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giannina-braschi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/giannina-braschi-27990_words_zarathustra-do-you-have-words-do-your-wo_3227996.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/words-belong/#itemlist", "name": "Words Belong Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Words belong to each other.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Virginia Woolf" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/words-belong-to-each-other/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/virginia-woolf-49_belong_words-belong-to-each-other-672884_672884.jpg", "contentUrl": 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And next years words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. Happy New Year", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-last-years-words-belong-to-last-years-language-and-next-years-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/anonymous-1_christmas_for-last-years-words-belong-to-last-year_3041578.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/anonymous-1_christmas_for-last-years-words-belong-to-last-year_3041578.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/anonymous-1_christmas_for-last-years-words-belong-to-last-year_3041578.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For last years words belong to last years language. And next years words await another voice. 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Since when do words belong to anybody. \"Your very own words,\" indeed ! And who are you?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brion Gysin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brion-gysin/writers-don-t-own-their-words-since-when-do-words-belong-to-anybody/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/brion-gysin-36475_language_writers-don-t-own-their-words-since-when_2403807.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/brion-gysin-36475_language_writers-don-t-own-their-words-since-when_2403807.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/brion-gysin-36475_language_writers-don-t-own-their-words-since-when_2403807.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody. \"Your very own words,\" indeed ! 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But they can serve any speaker and be used for the most varied and directly contradictory evaluations on the part of the speakers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mikhail Bakhtin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-bakhtin/words-belong-to-nobody-and-in-themselves-they-evaluate-nothing-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/mikhail-bakhtin-43416_contradictory_words-belong-to-nobody-and-in-themselves_2696855.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/mikhail-bakhtin-43416_contradictory_words-belong-to-nobody-and-in-themselves_2696855.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/mikhail-bakhtin-43416_contradictory_words-belong-to-nobody-and-in-themselves_2696855.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Words belong to nobody, and in themselves they evaluate nothing. 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Do your words belong to you? Giannina: No, my answer is no. I have no property in the dictionary. Words are anonymous like the disenfranchised masses that haven't been weighed - or named - or framed. My words belong to those who don't belong.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Giannina Braschi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giannina-braschi/zarathustra-do-you-have-words-do-your-words-belong-to-you-giannina-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/giannina-braschi-27990_words_zarathustra-do-you-have-words-do-your-wo_3227996.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/giannina-braschi-27990_words_zarathustra-do-you-have-words-do-your-wo_3227996.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/giannina-braschi-27990_words_zarathustra-do-you-have-words-do-your-wo_3227996.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Zarathustra: Do you have words? Do your words belong to you? Giannina: No, my answer is no. 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