Humor Quote by Sarah Beth Durst

“politics. Later, they read some more in bed, adhering to the tradition of circling the words she didn’t know and”

— Markus Zusak

“...hear the language, this English, double-jointed as Bedivere's limbs. It only sounds awkward. In its ability to join one concept to another as with…

— Parke Godwin

“I’ve got two Neptunes here,” said Harry after a while, frowning down at his piece of parchment, “that can’t be right, can it?” “Aaaaah,”…

— J.K. Rowling

The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they…

— Teresa of Avila

“No, amusing me only, I wonder if they realize how they are used?" "Not a bit. They think they are the emperors of creation."…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

The words emerge from her body without her realizing it, as if she were being visited by the memory of a language long forsaken.

— Marguerite Duras

“At the beginning of the semester, Ulla wanted to pose only for the 'new trends' - a flea that Meiter, her Easter egg painter…

— Günter Grass

One goes to Nature only for hints and half-truths. Her facts are crude until you have absorbed them or translated them ... It is…

— John Burroughs

“We understand the forked tongue that our grandfathers talked about. [...] We know all the tricks of the wasicu world. Our young people have…

— Nick Estes

“You learned this,” Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, “from a book.” “Er…yes?” He looked back at the picture. “I need to…

— Brandon Sanderson

Why does he speak of them that way?" The crow-man wanted to know. "They are humans, just like he is." "I don't think he…

— Tamora Pierce

Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe