Language Quote by Rumi

“Words become sentences, twisted, difficult/The story weaves itself, always noisiest at night/As herds of words won't stop. . . " Wildebeest of Words/Breathe In”

— Eileen Granfors

“I'm used to people talking, saying words aloud to prove they know more than me, that they're better than me. But they're just words.…

— Katie McGarry

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

— James Joyce

“Syllables and letters may not be tangible, but they can still destroy your entire life faster than a bullet from a gun. One word.…

— Aly Martinez

“The rising and falling cadence of words, carried on the wind, spoken in a language other than human.”

— Megan Shepherd

“The words were low, more shape than breath.”

— Elizabeth Bear

“Length and stress are both mutated in an open area where language mobilizes a network of meaning using the open space as a kind…

— Charles Bernstein

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

— Ho Tzu Nyen

“Rhythm. Life is full of it; words should have it, too. But you have to train your ear. Listen to the waves on a…

— Arthur Gordon

“Sound gives life to our words just as well as the images they conjure up and the sound is there, whether or not we…

— A.A. Patawaran

“Words are just noises we make to describe stuff.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.”

— Maya Angelou