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“The glass bottle does not know its own contents. It has no idea whether it is a vessel for the most delicious apple cider, a lovingly crafted wine, or a bitter poison.”
“...but how could I have stopped him from taking what was already his?”
“So blue is a name?''It is a word. Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As humans have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardes...”
“Words define you.”
“And they held on tight to that beautiful silent moment before words transported them to the realm of the ordinary, to the realm of the inarticulate and mundane.”
“No man ever puts down what he intended to say... words... are but crude hieroglyphs chiseled in pain and sorrow to commemorate an event which is untransmissible.”
“It has always been my custom to treat words with respect. I can recall the time...when I knew words would be my life's work”
“Words fly like stones into clouds and accelerate....”
“She might be a natural-born cynic, but she knew the right word when she heard it.”
“Cristofer did not write because he feared forgetting something. He never forgot anything, even when he reached old age. For Cristofer, the written word seemed to regulate the world. Stop its fluctu...”
“Silly words, silly words, silly awful hurting words.”
“A picture may speak a thousand words, but still...”
“Some words build houses in your throat. and they live there, content and on fire.”
“Words that speak of things close at hand and carry far-reaching implications those are the good words.”
“I am demonstrating to you how tasty I think words are. Im having sex with words in front of you. Im playing around with them. Im getting off. Im trying to titillate you. Theres this magical substan...”
“With words one man can make another blessed, or drive him to despair; by words the teacher transfers his knowledge to the pupil; by words the speaker sweeps his audience with him and determines its...”
“The strange words rolled through his mind; rumbled, like talking thunder; like the drums at the summer dances, if the drums could have spoken; like the men singing the Corn Song, beautiful, beautif...”
“I wish, he thinks, spoken words could be captured and kept in a locket.”
“A single fleeting word has the power to make or break a person.”
“But like balloons, they were excessively buoyant, and if you weren't careful, they floated away.”
