#words

Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see. ↗

— John Gardner

#dreams #i #i see #myself #pale

I want my life to be the greatest story. My very existence will be the greatest poem. Watch me burn. Love always, Charlotte ↗

— Charlotte Eriksson

#dreams #existence #goals #growing-up #inspiration

Reparations,” said Jem very suddenly, setting down the pen he was holding. Will looked at him in puzzlement. “Is this a game? We just blurt out whatever word comes next to mind? In that case mine is ‘genuphobia’. It means an unreasonable fear of knees.” “What’s the word for a perfectly reasonable fear of annoying idiots?” inquired Jessamine. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jem-carstairs #jessamine-lovelace #will-herondale #words

I did not know then that words and music are more deadly than any spear. ↗

— India Edghill

#words #music

Hay una estrella mas abierta que la palabra 'amapola'? Is there a star more wide open than the word 'poppy"? ↗

— Pablo Neruda

#nature #poetry #stars #words #nature

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself. ↗

— Mark Twain

#itself #look #only #painted #words

Words form the sinew and muscle that hold societies upright, he argued. Consider the Koran, the Bible, the American Constitution, but also letters from fathers to sons, last wills, blessings, curses. Thousands upon thousands of words infused with the full spectrum of emotions fill in the nooks and corners of human life. ↗

— National Geographic Magazine

#life #love #words #words-of-wisdom #love

The rabbis paled. I’d managed to terrify holy men. Maybe I could beat up a nun for an encore. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#power-words #self-deprecating #men

[...] There are tales among us that you have sold yourself to the devil, and I know not what.' 'We all have, have we not?' returned the stranger, looking up. 'If we were fewer in number, perhaps he would give better wages. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#selling-soul #wise-words #money

Do not depend on good motivator! Find your words of self-motivation! ↗

— Toba Beta

#own #self-motivation #words #motivational