#words

We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men. ↗

— Francis Wright

#demand #forget #happiness #hear #labor

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#been #believer #discovered #early #early age

He’s so powerful. Who knows maybe he’s advanced past eating ↗

— Priya Ardis

#coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales #merlin

The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords. ↗

— F. E. Smith

#glittering #hearts #offer #prizes #sharp

My name is Arianna Morganna Brittany DuLac--you can imagine why I went by the name Ryan. ↗

— Priya Ardis

#coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales #merlin

It (a singer's voice) sounds as if it was aged in a whiskey cask, cured in an Ozarks smokehouse, dropped down a stone well, pulled out damp, and kept moist in the palm of a wicked woman's hand. ↗

— Michael Perry

#age

Jess couldn't stop spitting out words, because they were words like blades to hurt, and if she swallowed them, she'd be scraped hollow. ↗

— Helen Oyeyemi

#swallowing #words #anger

Loving my son, building my son, touching my son, playing with my son, being with my son… these aren’t tasks that only super dads can perform. These are tasks that every dad should perform. Always. Without fail. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#arguing #break #child #children #dads

Just give me a thousand words and you may make your own pictures. ↗

— Erica Goros

#books #pictures #vision #words #art

I read her eyes like paragraphs and her tears like chapters for she didn't have much to say with words, but rather, silence. And never let them tell you that silence, isn't beautiful. For silence is what happens when words fall asleep and you must carry the belief that one day they will wake up inside of you. ↗

— Christopher Poindexter

#silence #words #beauty