Ancient Quote by Rick Riordan

“He coughed out the words, which took shape of his cigarette stained teeth turned into birds bereft of wing. He stammered the bloodied words…

— Biyi Bandele-Thomas

“These letters and words, when placed in the right order, would conjure all manner of exotic beasts and people from the shadows, would reveal…

— Neil Gaiman

“We have a friend, and Anglophile American city-dweller in his eighties, whose main ambition, now, is to hear a cuckoo call, for he never…

— Susan Hill

“When a child says, “Mr. Roberson, how do you spell this word? What does that word mean?” I’ll look tortured. “Oh,” I’ll exclaim, hand…

— Doug Robertson

“What is Spoken Flies, What is Written Never Dies”

— F. E. Higgens

“I fear I our good dwarf has lost his taste for adventure. I managed to get word to him, thinking he might come along…

— Lloyd Alexander

“O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words. I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word; for thou art…

— William Shakespeare

“What was that you called me?’ ‘Oh, Peter – how absurd! I wasn’t thinking.’ ‘What did you call me?’ ‘My lord!’ ‘The last two…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“The Skeleton Chattering finch and water-fly Are not merrier than I; Here among the flowers I lie Laughing everlastingly. No: I may not tell…

— G.K. Chesterton

“You have a life and there are these volumes on either side that go unvisited; some day soon as the world winds he will…

— John Updike

“I found my mind wandering at games; loved boxing and was good at it; and in summer, having chosen rowing instead of cricket, lay…

— Patrick Leigh Fermor

“The locust has no king Just noise and hard language They talk me over”

— David Eugene Edwards