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Words Quotes by Toni Morrison
- What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren't. Somebody tries to say, 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.' People say…
- You rely on a sentence to say more than the denotation and the connotation; you revel in the smoke that the words send up.
- When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
- You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what…
- I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they…
- Where do you get the right to decide our lives? I'll tell you where. From that little hog's gut that hangs between your legs. Well,…
- Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother's voice took away all the grief out of the words and left me with a…
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- 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