Dictionopolis is the place where all the words in the world come from. They're grown right here in our orchards."" I didn't know that words grew on trees, " said Milo timidly." Where did you think they grew?" shouted the earl irritably. A small crowd began to gather to see the little boy who didn't know that letters grew on trees." I didn't know they grew at all, " admitted Milo even more timidly. Several people shook their heads sadly." Well, money doesn't grow on trees, does it?" demanded the count." I've heard not, " said Milo."Then something must. Why not words?" exclaimed the undersecretary triumphantly. The crowd cheered his display of logic and continued about its business. Norton Juster
All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
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Henry Ward Beecher
A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.
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Anonymous
No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake....
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Alexander Trocchi
Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon.
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Joseph Bruchac
A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping.
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Jennifer Donnelly
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... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.
If something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.
Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.
The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.
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