Etymology Quote by Michael Ondaatje Download Open image ““The word should be thinkering.”” — Michael Ondaatje ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Etymology Language
“It was a thought that should not have been thoughted.” — Going Postal Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“In spite of this, our table's status on the Oronsay continued to be minimal, while those at the Captain's Table were constantly toasting to… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
He will hear the rain before he feels it, a clicking on the dry grass, on the olive leaves. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“Whenever her father was alone with a dog in a house he would lean over and smell the skin at the base of its… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“...those who had risked everything at a riverbend on a left turn and so discovered a fortune.” — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“All over the world there must be people like us, Anna had said then, wounded in some way by falling in love - seemingly… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Her father had taught her about hands. About a dog's paws. Whenever her father was alone with a dog in a house he would… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Nothing much of lasting value ever happens at… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
From this point on, she whispered, we will either find or lose our souls. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“You know it is the most relaxed thing when you when you sit with a best friend and you know there is nothing you… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“There was no control except the " mood of his power... and it is for this reason it is good you never heard him… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“The reader, knowing nothing about the ‘dark continent,’ filled in the blanks. Pictured Stone in a tent, kerosene lamp held up by a Hottentot… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Etymology: from Latin ad-, "to" + visum, past participle of videre, "to see". Advice is what you get from your parents when you are… — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
“It's a totally ridiculous, completely unsexy word. If you use it during sex, trying to be politically correct-- "Darling, could you stroke my vagina?"--… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic, a replica… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things… — Giambattista Vico Copy Share Image
I have observed gratitude to be a principle, that bears the smallest share in the hearts of those where it ought to be most… — Charlotte Charke Copy Share Image
Prayer or not, I want to believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible for anyone to find that one special… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“We open our mouths and out flow words whose ancestries we do not even know. We are walking lexicons. In a single sentence of… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
“IN THE fifteenth century, a swampy parcel of land in the sestieri of Cannaregio was set aside for the construction of a new brass… — Daniel Silva Copy Share Image
The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
Do not lose your enthusiasm. In its Greek etymology, the word enthusiasm means, "God in us." — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
“He wonders aloud at the origins of valentining. 'You're right,' Rachel says. 'It is a verb. Can be. And birds valentine each other, make… — Emma Richler Copy Share Image
