Badass Quote by Michael Chabon

“The words hurt my throat a little – probably because I was swallowing my pride, and it didn’t taste so great.”

— Emma Winters

“Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.”

— Idries Shah

“Not only did it taste phenomenal, but for some reason it too was familiar.”

— Stacy Claflin

“The myriad of flavors explode on my tongue, shimmy through my mouth, slap my taste buds and call them filthy bastards, and I love…

— Stacey Jay

“How carelessly we used words, thoughtless of the trail of slime and sludge they left behind. Mouth, tongue, teeth, all sullied with the rot…

— Faiqa Mansab

“And God the taste of undercover on my tongue again, the brush of it down the little hairs on my arms. I'd thought I…

— Tana French

“Sometimes words were cheap. They could be powerful, but in those rare occasions like now, words meant nothing.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Soon, sampled by everyone, Stale and pallid, I’ll come out And mumble toothlessly That today I’m “Remarkably candid.”

— Vladimir Mayakovsky

“Only big words for ordinary things on account of the sound.”

— James Joyce

“By the time he got around to meaning it, the words had sounded fraudulent to him and he'd been afraid to pronounce them.”

— Margaret Atwood

“You've got a wonderful way with words, disgusting but wonderful.”

— L.H. Cosway

“The words slid fluidly off my tongue, with only an occasional stammer. I could only attribute it to the sweep and flow of water…

— Sue Monk Kidd