Punctuation Quotes

98 quotes by 79 authors

We all need something to help us unwind at the end of the day. You might have a glass of wine, or a joint, or… — Russell Brand
But still, it looked completely natural, as if we had been kissing at the ends of sentences for ages, while the rest of the world… — Jodi Picoult
The rule is: the word 'it's' (with apostrophe) stands for 'it is' or 'it has'. If the word does not stand for 'it is' or… — Lynne Truss
Punctuation, is? fun! — Daniel Keyes
Our kiss was niticlimactic. It wasn't that the kiss was bad, but it was just a note of punctuation in our long conversation, a parenthetical… — Nicole Krauss
Every ending is arbitrary, because the end is where you write The end. A period, a dot of punctuation, a point of stasis. A pinprick… — Margaret Atwood
With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have… — Abraham Lincoln
Children have no use for psychology. They detest sociology. They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
The key to a successful relationship isnâ€™t just in the words, itâ€™s in the choice of punctuation. When youâ€™re in love with someone, a well-placed… — David Levithan
We have a language that is full of ambiguities; we have a way of expressing ourselves that is often complex and elusive, poetic and modulated;… — Lynne Truss
Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences. — Terry Pratchett
I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses. — Isaac Marion
What would it be like to live in a library of melted books. With sentences streaming over the floor and all the punctuation settled to… — Anne Carson
To those who care about punctuation, a sentence such as "Thank God its Friday" (without the apostrophe) rouses feelings not only of despair but of… — Lynne Truss
I realized that my kisses with Dane had become a form of punctuation, the quotations or the hasty dash at the end of a conversation — Lisa Kleypas
Why, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses and without punctuation, but not much to tell. — Charles Dickens
Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness without beginning or end. — Haruki Murakami
I think for a minute. Watching my wife fade into the distance, I put a hand on my heart. "Dead." I wave a hand toward… — Isaac Marion
Balthazar was the kind of guy who used totally correct spelling and punctuation even when he was texting, which was sort of bizarrely hot. She… — Claudia Gray
In the family of punctuation, where the full stop is daddy and the comma is mummy, and the semicolon quietly practises the piano with crossed… — Lynne Truss

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79 authors contributed a total of 98 Punctuation Quotes, led by these top contributors: