"Use words that soak up life." ~ Virginia Woolf
Working for High Times I learned that words like “free” and “brave” are negotiable. ~ Chris Simunek, Paradise Burning
Call things by their right names. Glass of brandy and water! That is the current but not appropriate name: ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation. ~ Robert Hall
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams—the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. ~ Robert Southey
Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds. ~ Elie Wiesel
A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein, Culture and Value
Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers… Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience. ~ Ingrid Bengis