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Words Quotes by Neil Gaiman
- I loved the sound of the words, even if I was not entirely sure what all of them meant.
- American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are simply in there 'cause I like them. I know I…
- Sometimes I wish that just solving the plot problems was enough. And then elves would go and do all the actual work moving the words…
- I was always aware, reading Chesterton, that there was someone writing this who rejoiced in words, who deployed them on the page as an artist…
- Each person who ever was or is or will be has a song. It isn't a song that anybody else wrote. It has its own…
- When writing a novel, that's pretty much entirely what life turns into: 'House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all…
- The view changes from where you are standing. Words can wound, and wounds can heal. All of these things are true.
- The tongue is the most remarkable. For we use it both to taste out sweet wine and bitter poison, thus also do we utter words…
- There are four simple ways for the observant to tell Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar apart: first, Mr. Vandemar is two and a half heads…
- A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart.
- We wrapped our dreams in words and patterned the words so that they would live forever, unforgettable.
- There were faces at the windows and words written in blood; deep in the crypt a lonely ghoul crunched on something that might once have…
- Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.
- You made peace,” said the buffalo man. “You took our words and made them your own. They never understood that they were here—and the people…
- Words can be worrisome, poeple complex, motives and manners unclear, grant her the wisdom to choose her path right, free from unkindness and fear.
- Writing may or may not be your salvation; it might or might not be your destiny. But that does not matter. What matters right now…
- I don't know much more than I did when I was alive. Most of the stuff I know now that I didn't know then I…
- When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do.
- Television and cinema were all very well, but these stories happened to other people. The stories I found in books happened inside my head. I…
- Words can wound, and wounds can heal.
- Never use five words if you can get away with one, eh? I've known dead men talk more than you do.
- I will write in words of fire. I will write them on your skin. I will write about desire. Write beginnings, write of sin. You’re…
- Words save our lives, sometimes.
More Words Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood
- The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. — Saint Augustine
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila