"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 are one of our chief means of adjusting to all the situations of life. The better control we have over words, the more successful our adjustment is likely to be. ~ Bergen Evans
Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers… Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience. ~ Ingrid Bengis
The miracle is the adverbs, the way things are done. ~ Daniel Handler
Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts. ~Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten