Language Quote by Sarah Ruhl

“Organization. If you want big words to talk to intellectuals with, that's a fine big word, son, just as many syllables as imagination, and…

— Robert Shea

“Sympathies that lie too deep for words, too deep almost for thoughts, are touched, at such times, by other charms than those which the…

— Wilkie Collins

It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.

— Aristophanes

A multitude of words is probably the most formidable means of blurring and obscuring thought. There is no thought, however momentous, that cannot be…

— Eric Hoffer

“...when we condescend, when we act consistently with a sense of the character of people in general which demeans them, we impoverish them AND…

— Marilynne Robinson

“But living amid so many words, I overestimated their power and breadth. The world does not turn on words alone; it only seems to…

— Lynne Sharon Schwartz

“Rather than words comes the thought of high windows: The sun-comprehending glass, And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows Nothing, and is…

— Philip Larkin

“Words are like physical objects around us that appear to be continuous and whole but are in fact composed of particles too small for…

— Christina Meldrum

“My small torrent of words dissipated into an elaborate sense of expanding and receding. It was my entrance into the radiance of imagination.”

— Patti Smith

“Words are like shards of glass. By themselves they're worthless; however, when placed together in just the right way, they can become great works…

— Leigh M. Lane

“But now I want to say things that comfort me and that are a little free. For example: Thursdat is a day transparent as…

— Clarice Lispector

“But the world feels too big and the words feel too small, and turning the slushy tangle of memories into clean lines of text…

— Elan Mastai