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Mere words will not do. They must convey the color, charm, and pulse of life. They must have a private twinkle of wit in…

— Corra May Harris

Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world. ... they bring the world into focus, they corral ideas, they hone thoughts,…

— Diane Ackerman

Sometimes words come out of me and I don't know where they come from or why. They're like falling stars tumbling through the universe;…

— Glenda Millard

I used to like the word of the day and when I read, highlight words that I didn't know and look them up.

— Zach Gilford

The names for things don't come first. Words stagger after, hopelessly trying to become the sensation.

— Tom Stoppard

Words can crush things that are unseen.

— Jewel

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of…

— Joseph Addison

Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath israrely found.

— Alexander Pope

Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.

— Alexander Pope

“Pretty Words" Poets make pets of pretty, docile words: I love smooth words, like gold-enamelled fish Which circle slowly with a silken swish, And…

— Elinor Wylie

Words are a lens to focus one's mind.

— Ayn Rand

“And sometimes words become objects of interest in themselves. Suddenly we notice them. We see and hear them the way poets do, as having…

— Marilyn Chandler McEntyre