Accidents Quote by Kristin Cashore

“Bitterblue took this information straight to the library. "Death?" she said. "Do we have birth records for the seven kingdoms for the year Leck…

— Kristin Cashore

Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.

— George Herbert

Bitter words normally evaporate with the moisture of breath, after a quarrel. In order to become permanent, they require transcribers, reporters, complicit black hearts.

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Mismatch between English’s pronunciation and its orthography is something that everyone, native speaker and learner alike, harps on. It feels like a bait and…

— Kory Stamper

I've always been aware that to be named after someone from the past carries with it all kinds of bittersweetness.

— Morris Gleitzman

A hard word follows us and later falls upon him who pronounced it, like a ray of vengeance.

— Samael Aun Weor

“Roland G. Fryer Jr., while discussing his names research on a radio show, took a call from a black woman who was upset with…

— Steven D. Levitt

“In high school, I found no burden in correcting people. It wasn’t their fault that they didn’t know, and there was no harm done.…

— Issa Rae

“Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep…

— Gerard Nolst Trenité

“I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt…

— Dashiell Hammett

Alone with Giddon again, Bitterblue considered him, rather liking the mud streaks on his face. He looked like a handsome sunken rowboat.

— Kristin Cashore

A bitter man needs to place his troubles on the front of his tongue so that they taste sweeter.

— Jay Wickre