#word

look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you... ↗

— Colette

#self-help-book #words-of-wisdom #self-help

The words kept coming back to him, statement of a mystical truth and a palpable absurdity. ↗

— George Orwell

#mystical #truth #words #mysticism

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to. ↗

— Mark Twain

#wordplay #animals

I place my fingers upon these keys typing 2,000 dreams per minute and naked of spirit dance forth my cosmic vortex upon this crucifix called language. ↗

— Aberjhani

#books #creativity #determination #dreams #endurance

There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can paraphrase it and make it better. ↗

— Mary Steenburgen

#arrogance #because #better #certain #feel

Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories ↗

— Eileen Granfors

#family-relationships #flash-fiction #hint-fiction #six-word-memoirs #women

Words are like people, I think. Put too many of them too close together and they cause trouble. ↗

— Carolee Dean

#people #thought-provoking #words #thought-provoking

Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up. ↗

— John Edgar Wideman

#importance-of-words #insightful #writing-craft #writing-craft

But if you have big ideas you have to use big words to express them, haven't you? ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#ideas #words #l-m-montgomery

Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words. ↗

— Deborah Bull

#before #body #body language #conversation #had