Language Quote by Sharon M Draper

Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me.

— Franz Kafka

I stalk certain words... I catch them in mid-flight, as they buzz past, I trap them, clean them, peel them, I set myself in…

— Pablo Neruda

Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world.

— Diane Ackerman

“I’m a writer; I can float for hours on a word like “amethyst” or “broom” or the way so many words sound like what…

— Katha Pollitt

I'm quite obsessed with words.

— Sigrid

Sometimes words come out of me and I don't know where they come from or why. They're like falling stars tumbling through the universe;…

— Glenda Millard

Every poem that I write is, in a sense, trying to find adequate words for this unspeakable word, around which my entire life turns.

— Kevin Hart

Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.

— Bryce Courtenay

Most of the time I am sunk in thought, but at some point on each walk there comes a moment when I look up…

— Bill Bryson

The way that words fit together is always interesting to me. I love words.

— Joanna Newsom

“Words. I’m surrounded by thousands of words. Maybe millions. Cathedral. Mayonnaise. Pomegranate. Mississippi. Neapolitan. Hippopotamus. Silky. Terrifying. Iridescent. Tickle. Sneeze. Wish. Worry. Words have…

— Sharon M. Draper

It struck me at some point that the things I wanted to say had to be wordless. I had to renounce words in order…

— Arca