Quote by L. Frank Baum

“They were just the ordinary sounds of of people beginning their day, silly raucous, discordant, but they were the most beautiful sounds on earth,…

— Karen Maitland

“I have often noticed that these things, which obsess me, neither bother nor impress other people even slightly. I am horribly apt to approach…

— Annie Dillard

“I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world. ”

— Peter Ustinov

“I liked the sound of the word 'snail' every time I said it; the word was as small and simple as the creature itself.”

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“Yesterday night gave birth To a song, spirited and sprightly; It made my soul sparkle too, And since then, I have been oh so…

— Neelam Saxena Chandra

“Bugs, Thumper, Roger, Peter, Velveteen. I name them after their storied counterparts and then I try my best to brain them. Because they remind…

— Jonathan Tropper

“Tricky was a plain-faced man with a very handsome voice - a voice like the sound of a clarinet, at once liquid and penetrating,…

— Sarah Waters

“Oh, the symphonic shriek of a thousand hiding voices, the cry of the need inside, the entity, the silent watcher, the cold quiet thing,…

— Jeff Lindsay

“Interesting. Claws and teeth and ferocity mixed with the subtlety to manipulate creatures larger than itself. A worthy creature.”

— K.A. Applegate

“And then, abruptly, the voice turned to a different tone—sharper, harsher, more desperate. Then it hushed altogether. The sensation was like sitting by a…

— Bella Forrest

“It was warm, and outside the sound of insects in the night was electric. The music sounded better than anything I'd ever heard. I…

— Andrew Smith

“Oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh. The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and…

— Anthony Burgess