I love Sherlock Holmes, but I love any of these old stories where the writer was paid by the word, so the adventures just continue forever. They are almost like they were meant to be read out loud.
Because I don't play guitar any more, African harmonies and rhythms have been an inspiration to me. I love the raw origin of the sound. It complements my voice and words naturally.
To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.
It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.
I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because I love to see complex ideas distilled into a few words.
The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.
I love... What's gratifying to me is when you make/create a character and a human being, a person who lives entirely and who has their own existence, just merely from the words on a page.
Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed tempers for you.
I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.
No one can succeed in breaking you down mentally, if you are always feeding some uplifting and hopeful words to your mind.
Misery will never be your destiny. Your mind deserves joy in abundance, but it's your responsibility to constantly feed the right words and beliefs to it.
Your life is always paying close attention to your thoughts. I hope the words in your mind are consistently in your favor.
He prayed as he breathed, forming no words and making no specific requests, only holding his heart, like broken birds in cupped hands,
in my experience, the words “now just calm down” almost inevitably have the opposite effect on the person you are speaking to.
The 'soul' is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.
I find I need to put things into words before I can believe that they are entirely real.
Happiness! There is no word with more meanings, each person understands it in his own way.
Emotionally, I was affected a lot by Rage Against the Machine, not specifically the literal intention of the words or what it was about, but the feel, the sound, those phrases that got me.
An editor asked me what led me to write erotica. I replied, "A dirty mind, excess words, and an overactive sacral chakra.
TODAY is the PAST of your FUTURE. So, make TODAY count for the sake of your HISTORY. Use your words, time & choices wisely
I write across several genres. I’m a slut for words. I can’t keep it in my literary pants.