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
More Quotes By Harold Bloom
Classroom teaching withholds nothing. I say to my young students every year, “I know how to add two numbers, but I’m not going to tell you.” And they laugh and shout, “No! ” That’s so absurd, so unthinkable. What do I have that I would...
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
My only defense is the acquisition of vocabulary.
Now is a time for, dare I say it, kindness. I thought being extremely smart would take care of it. But I see I have been found out.
The attention was flattering. For the first five minutes. Now I know how poems feel.
