Body Quote by Russell Baker

Punctuation is biological. It is the physical indication of the body-rhythms which the reader is to acknowledge.

— Muriel Rukeyser

Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking…

— Lindley Murray

Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.

— Lynne Truss

From the reader's point of view, punctuation provides a map for one who must otherwise drive blindly past the by-ways, intersections, and detours of…

— Mina P. Shaughnessy

Punctuation is a fabulous tool for controlling your reader - you even get to control where they breathe. That's what I call power!

— Nicola Morgan

Punctuation has its own philosophy, just as style does, although not as language does. Style is a good understanding of language, punctuation is a…

— George Sand

Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

— Lynne Truss

“Punctuation comes from the Latin root punctus, or “point.” Those funny dots, lines, and squiggles help writers point the way. To help readers, we…

— Roy Peter Clark

And if you want to know why great editors scare the pants off of writers everywhere, read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss.…

— Dorothea Benton Frank

Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Punctuation saves lives.

— Alla

I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - and I must say I had…

— Tom Wolfe