Castorp Quote by Thomas Mann

“I understand why sometimes people speak in cliches because sometimes there is no other way to describe something.”

— Augusten Burroughs

“I know I am talking nonsense, but I’d rather go rambling on, and partly expressing something I find it difficult to express, than to…

— Thomas Mann

“Everyone can write a cliche. What's rare is to write them often and unashamedly enough that people quote it as if it's some deep…

— Jimmy Lo

“The repetitions, meaningless expressions, stammers, and nonsensical monosyllables with which we express hesitation, along with the clichés and banalities that constitute so much of…

— Francine Prose

A cliche is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear…

— Janet Fitch

The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.

— Terry Pratchett

“All my friends and relatives have always taken a condescending tone to my writing, and never ceased urging me in a friendly way not…

— Anton Chekhov

“Clichés are so often repeated because of their inherent truth. In this, the truth is undeniable. The person who truly, madly, deeply loves you…

— Jasinda Wilder

“We never read the full explanatory surroundings of marvelously exciting things when we have no occasion to suppose that some irresponsible scribbler is trying…

— Mark Twain

If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon.,…

— Lewis Thomas

“A cliché without purpose is still just a cliché.”

— J. Lea López

“What's a cliché”

— Anonymous