“All my life I’ve looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com
“Sometimes things come out of your mouth that you regret later on. Or no, not regret. You say something so razor-sharp that the person you say it to carries it around with them for the rest of their life.”— Herman Koch, amazon.com
“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.”— Beatrix Potter, amazon.com
“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”— Michael Ondaatje, amazon.com
“Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone’s heart.”— Mandy Hale, amazon.com
“...I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight, and other dimensions that I cannot even name.”— Lois McMaster Bujold, amazon.com
“There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of bodies, of body on body, wind on snow, rain on trees, wave on stone. It is the language of dream, gesture, symbol, memory. We have forgotten this language. We do not even remember that it exists.”— Derrick Jensen, amazon.com
“She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cosy bed, and to love and be loved in return.”— Starra Neely Blade, goodreads.com
“The way in which we say something is often more important than what we say.”— Sydney J. Harris, amazon.com
“I wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don’t know how many consciences.”— Jean-Paul Sartre, amazon.com
“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.”— Brian Andreas, amazon.com
“Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.”— Theodore Dreiser, amazon.com
“Silence doesn’t always mean you have nothing to say. It may mean you realize that words aren’t always necessary.”— Hart Ramsey, twitter.com
“The things she most wanted to tell him would lose their meaning the moment she put them into words.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com