Language Quote by Mervyn Peake

We are all imprisoned by the dictionary. We choose out of that vast, paper-walled prison our convicts, the little black printed words, when in…

— Mervyn Peake

“Glorious,' said Steerpike, 'is a dictionary word. We are all imprisoned by the dictionary. We choose out of that vast, paper-walled prison our convicts,…

— Mervyn Peake

“When it is possible to speak a word, it liberates. We do not always remember that it is precisely a word, a Word articulated…

— Pierre Wolff

“Spoken words are like seeds that we plant which will eventually grow into something sweet or bitter. Our actions in this life are seeds…

— Shems Friedlander

You are master of what you say until you utter it, once you deliver it, you are its captive. Preserve your tongue as you…

— Ali Ibn Abi Talib A.S

“I've been impressed by the extent to which one gets sentenced by one's own sentences. One explores certain things in play and then in…

— Norman O. Brown

Words may be either the servants or masters. If the former they may safely guide us in the way of truth. If the latter…

— George Horne

How feeble is all language to describe the horrors we inflict upon these wretches, whom we mason up in the cells of our prisons,…

— Herman Melville

“But remember that words are signals, counters. They are not immortal. And it can happen - to use an image you'll understand - it…

— Brian Friel

Be deaf unto the suggestions of tale-bearers, calumniators, pick-thank or malevolent detractors, who, while quiet men sleep, sowing the tares of discord and division,…

— Thomas Browne

“Speech is a spell, and words, once ejected into the air, warp the weave of worlds.”

— Ho Tzu Nyen

Wordstruck is exactly what I was—and still am: crazy about the sound of words, the look of words, the taste of words, the feeling…

— Robert MacNeil