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62 Syllables quotes by 54 unique authors

Syllables govern the world. — George Bernard Shaw
A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables. — Norton Juster
They stormed and jeered at one another in long meaningless words of about twenty syllables each. — C.S. Lewis
Why are there five syllables in the word “monosyllabic”? — Steven Wright
I want to see thirst In the syllables, Tough fire In the sound; Feel through the dark For the scream. — Pablo Neruda
I thought that the world was a vast system of signs, a conversation between giant beings. My actions, the cricket's saw, the star's blink, were… — Octavio Paz
I tried out the unfamiliar syllables. They fit. They cracked in my ears like a fist through ice. — Louise Erdrich
Five syllables," Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. "That would be real bad. — Rick Riordan
For a sentence is not complete unless each word, once its syllables have been pronounced, gives way to make room for the next...They are set… — Saint Augustine
It is really hard to be lonely very long in a world of words. Even if you don't have friends somewhere, you still have language,… — Naomi Shihab Nye
It is no secret. All power is one in source and end, I think. Years and distances, stars and candles, water and wind and wizardry,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
And neither do I, asshole. (Wren) Wow. Multiple syllables and a whole sentence from the tiger. Who’d have ever thought it? Whoever she was, she… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
When you showed someone how you felt, it was fresh and honest. When you told someone how you felt, there might be nothing behind the… — Jodi Picoult
I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly. — Jane Austen
The muffled syllables that Nature speaks Fill us with deeper longing for her word; She hides a meaning that the spirit seeks, She makes a… — George Santayana
When he frowned again, she was fairly sure that the nomenclature did not please him, and she found herself wishing she had been birthed to… — J R Ward
You're from where?" "Lay'en. It's near Salt Lake City." "Spell that for me." "Um, that would be S-A-L-T-" "No, the other one. The city you're… — Shannon Hale
Stories heard but not recalled. Letters too. Words filling my head. Fragmenting like artillery shells. Shrapnel, like syllables, flying everywhere. Terrible syllables. Sharp cracked. Traveling… — Mark Z. Danielewski
I like 'pencil-necked weasel'. It has 'pencil' in it. Pencils are good things. You can draw or write things with pencils. I think it's what… — Neil Gaiman
Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two… — Anita Diament
I discover poetry when I was in elementary school and I was so fascinated by it. Because I realised if you get the right amount… — Taylor Swift
I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire in the sound: I want to feel the darkness of… — Pablo Neruda
Oh contraire, mon frère. I’m able to annoy all adults in ten syllables or less. Sometimes, I don’t even have to speak at all. I… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Once I was lost in a forest. I was so afraid. My blood pounded in my chest and I knew my heart's strength would soon… — Anne Michaels
I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of… — Gaston Bachelard

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