Smiley face Quote by XV

A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses.

— William Strunk, Jr

Those texts where you can't choose between :) and :(... So you end up with this :/

— Anonymous

“Clicking on "send" has its limitations as a system of subtle communication. Which is why, of course, people use so many dashes and italics…

— Lynne Truss

I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc.

— John Clare

“A smiley face brightens cyber space. Smiling pics and emoticons are good netiquette.”

— David Chiles

The dash helps to indicate that the two thoughts are intimately related, and it's less stodgy than a semicolon, which would have performed the…

— Bill Walsh

A lot of people use a smiley face when they write letters. But it's this huge insane compulsion, like 'I'm happy! I swear!' I'm…

— Nate Lowman

I use a whole lot of half-assed semicolons; there was one of them just now; that was a semicolon after 'semicolons,' and another one…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses.

— George Eliot

A lot of people use a smiley face when they write letters. But it's this huge insane compulsion, like "I'm happy! I swear!" I'm…

— Nate Lowman

If we do away with semi-colons, parentheses and much else, we will lose all music, nuance and subtlety in communication - and end up…

— Pico Iyer

I hate texting people who don't use smileys. I feel like I'm texting an emotionless robot.

— Mike