Every Word Quotes

406 Every Word quotes by 337 unique authors

Every word was once a poem. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. — William Shakespeare
Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight. — Elizabeth Gilbert
...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest… — Katherine Paterson
The old, slow, creaking descriptions are a thing of the past; today the rule is brevity - but every word must be supercharged, high-voltage. — Yevgeny Zamyatin
Now I know I am an intellectual. I saw Malcolm Muggeridge on the television last night, and I understood nearly every word. It all adds… — Sue Townsend
There is so little to remember of anyone - an anecdote, a conversation at a table. But every memory is turned over and over again,… — Marilynne Robinson
It's Nathaniel Hawthorne Month in English. Poor Nathaniel. Does he know what they've done to him? We're reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Because I want every breath you take to be empty unless you're close enough to smell me. Every word you speak to be unimportant unless… — Christina Dodd
Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's part… — Joanne Harris
They were close enough that he could feel the hurried beat of her heart. He could feel Charlotte's indecision in every word she didn't say… — Lauren Willig
If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of… — Isaac Asimov
After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it… — Charlotte Gray
But look what the Church has done to Jesus during the last two thousand years. What they have made of Him. How they have turned… — Carson McCullers
Life isn't fair," he said, in his undisguised voice, and for once the Baudelaire orphans agreed with every word the man said. — Daniel Handler
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as… — Yann Martel
Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights. — Jean Rhys
Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear. — Ellen Hopkins
I quarreled with every word, every phrase and expression, every image and letter as if they were the last I was ever going to write.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Everything comes down to this: the reason for every word I have written and every word I will write. I am recounting my life for… — Arthur Japin
Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
His whole mind and body seemed to be afflicted with an unbearable sensitivity, a sort of transparency, which made every movement, every sound, every contact,… — George Orwell
The thread of will-they-or-won't-they was the real driver of every word and glance and shift of body. So...this was a date, Blay thought. A subtextual… — J R Ward
Life is messy. Would that every puzzle piece fell into place, every word was kind, every accident happy, but such is not the case. Life… — Christopher Moore

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