Book Quote by Howard Snell

There are tones of voices that mean more than words.

— Robert Frost

Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.

— Timothy Noah

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

— Maya Angelou

Beware that the one who reads is the same as the book, the same as what is read, the same as the speaker and…

— Mohammed Dib

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight…

— Michael Cunningham

It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand…

— Michael Nesmith

Certain individual words do possess more pitch, more radiance, more shazam! than others, but it's the way words are juxtaposed with other words in…

— Tom Robbins

“perfect pitch is much more common among people who speak a tonal language, such as Mandarin, Vietnamese, and several other Asian tongues, in which…

— Anders Ericsson

The words are not mere words. They are the breath and mind, perhaps even the soul, of the person who is reading.

— Verlyn Klinkenborg

Beyond the formative effects of reading on the individuals composing society, the fact that they have read the same books gives them experiences and…

— Anonymous

One literature differs from another, either before or after it, not so much because of the text as for the manner in which it…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Finally, we often hear some pitches or notes as being more important (or “central”) than others. These pitches tend to serve as points of…

— Dmitri Tymoczko