Language Quote by Patti Callahan Henry

“Words aren’t meant to be kept inside, you see. They are free creatures, and if locked away will unsettle the stomach.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Offstage, I couldn't put things into words, and that was the one thing I'd always been able to rely on. Putting my feelings into…

— Carrie Fisher

“I wanted to scream as I stood there, my toes hanging over the edge of the dock. I wanted to let a gut-wrenching howl…

— Keary Taylor

“Think before you speak, because words can really hurt, and you can’t take back what you said, because the damage is already done.”

— M. Clarke

“It's almost as if we're afraid of words. They hang in the air, unspoken, and then seeing that they're not going to be used,…

— Crystal Chan

“Words left their mouths to hang frozen in midair.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Say I told you so. They're the four most satisfying words in the English language. You could rupture something trying to keep them inside…

— Richard Russo

“Words were the most powerful tool. Simple and so often underestimated. They could heal. They could destroy. And I needed to use my words…

— Jennifer Armentrout

“Words are the food, body, mirror, and sound of thought. Do you now see the danger of words that want to come out but…

— Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

“he appeared to be struggling with something trapped in his throat; it turned out to be a word. "thanks," he said.”

— Dorothy Gilman

“So I marshalled the words and opened my mouth, thinking I would hear them. But all I heard was a kind of rattle, unintelligible…

— Samuel Beckett

“Don’t lift my words without permission. It might lead to a hernia.”

— Jarod Kintz