Quote by André Aciman

“How carelessly we used words, thoughtless of the trail of slime and sludge they left behind. Mouth, tongue, teeth, all sullied with the rot…

— Faiqa Mansab

“Words do not necessarily work, it is possible for them to obscure the things they are trying to say.”

— Paul Auster

“The world was full of waistrels and waifs, sycophants and spies - all of whom put words to the wrong use, who made everything…

— David Levithan

“Mysteries are fine things, but the written word should be preserved, intact, and free of extraneous error.”

— Sandra Staas

“I knew they didn't suspect a thing, and it bothered me—though I wouldn't have wanted it otherwise. It told me that if I were…

— André Aciman

“Don’t be confused by surfaces; in the depths everything becomes law. And those who live the mystery falsely and badly (and they are very…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many.”

— Robyn Schneider

“Avoid pompous words and fancy phrases.”

— Robert W. Bly

“Words do not choose their company or discriminate among the people who use them.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“They had holes to fill on every page and jammed in any vaguely newsworthy string of words provided it didn't include expletives, which they…

— Tom Rachman

“I’m afraid my wife picked up a number of, er, colorful expressions from the Yanks and such,” Frank offered, with a nervous smile. “True,”…

— Diana Gabaldon

“Words are such terrible carriers of thought. They’re like the dead bodies of thoughts that the other side studies forensically.”

— K. Hippolite