Quotes of: Words Keyword

In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.

Great Expectations

Man to woman; man to man in letter words will stand the philosophy of coming in along by the bay of hay made so sublime be that it outlasts the coming time.

A Green Desert Father

Hearing my brother’s words coming out of Henry, this stranger in a strange town, made me feel wild with all the loss—wild and wired with no place to put those feelings.

Glass Girl

You see Miss Gertrude is a genius. And a genius is a genius. So what if no one understands a word she writes. Some day they might.

Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude

You're saying,' he said, weighing each word, 'that we should send Carrot away to be a duck among humans because Bjorn Stronginthearm is my uncle.

Guards! Guards!

This was what the poets couldn't put in their poetry, she thought dumbly, the rush of desire so fierce and pure it made one shake, all on the force of a word.

The Garden Intrigue

Love one another." If we took those simple words to heart, we'd already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be.

The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older

The most precious gift that marriage gave me was the constant impact of something very close and intimate, yet all the time unmistakably other, resistant - in a word, real.

A Grief Observed

In other words, what we know for sure is entirely limited, and all the rest is basically opinion.

The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal & the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic

When she is happy, she can't stop talking, when she is sad she doesn't say a word.

Girls In Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

What distinguishes - in both senses of that word - contemplation is rather this: it is a knowing which is inspired by love. "Without love there would be no contemplation." Contemplation is a loving attainment of awareness. It is intuition of the belo...

Happiness and Contemplation

Words simply mean what people think they mean when they say them.

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You can't ever put the pieces back together after they hit home.

Hard Candy

He was there below me, and, upon my word, to look at him was as edifying as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches and a featherhat, walking on his hind legs.

Heart of Darkness

One day, maybe not in the next few weeks, but certainly in the conceivable future, someone will be able to refer to me without using the word 'arse' somewhere in the sentence.

High Fidelity

Impulsively, I lean forward and kiss him, stopping his word. This is probably overdue anyway since he’s right, we are supposed to be madly in love.

The Hunger Games

❤Speak up, spread the word, take a pledge, take action...we can all do something to try and end the abuse of bullying!

Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration

You can pay for whatever you want, but I just want to warn you that I prefer to stay at places that don’t start or end with the word ‘motel.

Alice in Wonderland

But don’t ever let me hear those words leave those beautifully pink lips of yours.” He warned her playfully. “Evo’s just fine.

Awaken

Words are not for hurting. They can either make or break a person...so use them carefully.

Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying

A brick could be used as a paperweight, if the words you wrote weren’t weighty enough to hold it down.


Brick and Blanket Test in Brick City (Ocala) Florida