Beginnings and ends Quote by Todd Solondz

“The palimpsests of molecules need not be overwritten, for machines make once-ephemeral words persist: they collect in gutters; they pile up and require sweeping;…

— Dexter Palmer

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command…

— Barbara Walters

“Mirroring makes speech possible; language relies on the reflective quality of I and you through which verbal interaction becomes possible.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification. The power of a word lies in the very inadequacy of the context it is placed, in…

— Robert Smithson

I am not a clone of Sarah Palin. I have my own thoughts.

— Christine O'Donnell

These syllables, about 2,300 in number, were mixed together and then drawn out by chance and used to construct series of different lengths, several…

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

I don't think Palin really led to Trump. Was this somehow a bit of a precursor or something? I'm willing to say, 'Maybe so.'

— Bill Kristol

“Its coding wheels, stepping a space—or two, or three, or four—after every letter or so, did not return to their original positions to re-create…

— David Kahn

My texts are written like palimpsests. They are written over and over again, until I feel that a kind of metaphysical meaning can be…

— W. G. Sebald

A very successful woman, Palin has the wherewithal to move forward consciously. What she did was move forward thoughtlessly and overconfidently, without considering that…

— Rebecca Traister

Sarah Palin was delivering a speech and she said 'refudiate.' It's not a word – you have refute and repudiate, and she combined them.…

— David Letterman

English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows.

— Denis Johnson