#w

On the freeway of life, Lisa Watson was stuck at the entrance ramp, trapped behind a cautious old lady in a Buick. ↗

— Judy Nichols

#freeways #life #dreams

You have many flaws, he announced... “But there was one flaw that made all the other imperfections pale in comparison.” “Was?” she asked. “I don't have this flaw any longer?” “No, you don't.” “Pray tell,” she muttered in exasperation, “what was this terrible flaw?” He grinned. “You used to be English. ↗

— Julie Garwood

#flaws #english

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#goes #head #heart #him #his

The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#words #language

The menu is not the meal. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#metaphysics #names #nominalism #philosophy #power-of-words

I have no words. Sixteen languages, but no words. -Vishous ↗

— J.R. Ward

#jr-ward #vishous #language

Gone. The saddest word in the language. In any language. ↗

— Mark Slouka

#loss #words #language

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there are other ways to understanding. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#language #words #language

What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#bookstore #towns #books

A house without books is like a room without windows. ↗

— Horace Mann

#house #simile #windows #books