She was holding desperately on to the words who had saved her life." The Book Thief
May be its mine bad-luck Or yours not to get me But I still have hope Of being yours
One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.
I've got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?" "A regrettable choice of words," muttered Magnus.
I've heard the word 'fear'. I simply choose to believe it doesn't apply to me.
Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.
I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the written word.
I have now reached the happy age of 23. No, happy is not quite the right word. At this particular moment I am certainly not happy.
In this age of the electronic media and the mass distribution of the printed word, God will hold us accountable if we do not now move the Book of Mormon in a monumental way.
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.
In this age of omniconnectedness, words like 'network,' 'community' and even 'friends' no longer mean what they used to. Networks don't exist on LinkedIn. A community is not something that happens on a blog or on Twitter. And a friend is more than so...
If you look at the average age of a company on the Dow Jones index, it's something like 35 years or younger. In other words... success is no indication of longevity.
By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime.
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.
Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.
I'm a freelance writer, and I work alone at a big desk in the living room of my apartment. There are many days when I don't utter a single word to anyone but my husband.
Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.
Poetry is something I love to do. Good poetry has an amazing ability to be communicative before it's even understood. I get emotional just from the beauty of words.
One of the most interesting things about the cognitive theory is the idea that anger and interpersonal conflict ultimately result from a mental con. In other words, you're telling yourself things that aren't entirely true when you're fighting with so...
I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.
