“I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.”
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, It might have been.”
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
“For last year s words belong to last year s language And next year s words await another voice.”
“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”
“I like good strong words that mean something…”
“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
“That s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
“Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.”
“He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words. Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.”
“Don t gobblefunk around with words.”
“Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.”
“I believe in the magic and authority of words.”
“I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go”
“Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.”
“Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.”
“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all.”