Beach Quote by Cyril Connolly

Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world. ... they bring the world into focus, they corral ideas, they hone thoughts,…

— Diane Ackerman

“Words kept salted when they cannot be found fresh. Words kept fresh when they cannot be found clean. The words go deeper, far out…

— Jeanette Winterson

“Words are like seeds, I think, planted into our hearts at a tender age. They take root in us as we grow, settling deep…

— Tahereh Mafi

There is a part of childhood that is childish, and a part that is sacred. Suddenly we are touching the sacred part -- running…

— David Levithan

What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean…

— Christina Rossetti

“I love bright words, words up and singing early; Words that are luminous in the dark, and sing; Warm lazy words, white cattle under…

— Elinor Wylie

“Words and stories washed ashore on that ancient way of the sea, and we made of them new songs. The sun came again, casting…

— Susan Abulhawa

“Words become sentences, twisted, difficult/The story weaves itself, always noisiest at night/As herds of words won't stop. . . " Wildebeest of Words/Breathe In”

— Eileen Granfors

But I do enjoy words—some words for their own sake! Words like river, and dawn, and daylight, and time. These words seem much richer…

— Alasdair Gray

As slippery as smooth grapes, words exploding in the light like dormant seeds waiting in the vaults of vocabulary, alive again, and giving life:…

— Pablo Neruda

Words become sentences, twisted, difficult/The story weaves itself, always noisiest at night/As herds of words won't stop. .

— Ritu Ghatourey

“But words have been used too often; touched and turned, and left exposed to the dust of the street. The words we seek hang…

— Virginia Woolf