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Right Word Quotes (page 3)

Cecil flashed a grin. "Quite. Plus your rather irritating habit of treating your superior officers as your, ah..." Cecil paused, apparently groping again for just the right word."Equals?" Miles hazarded."Cattle," Cecil corrected judiciously. Lois McMaster Bujold
For, how else to seize such an instant? How to shout out into the empty air just the right words, and on cue? Frame a moment to last a lifetime? Richard Ford
There is some relationship between the hunger for truth and the search for the right words. This struggle may be ultimately indefinable and even undecidable, but one damn well knows it when one sees it. Christopher Hitchens
Jack Kerouac quote: "One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple."
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. Jack Kerouac
Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language. Terry Jones
I was attracted to her from the first time we talked, and soon there was no turning back. For a long time she was the only thing I could think about. I tried to tell her how I felt, but somehow the feelings and the right words couldn’t connect. Maybe it was for the best. Haruki Murakami
It’s like my body’s split in two and one of me is chasing the other me around a big pillar. We’re running circles around it. The other me has the right words, but I can never catch her. Haruki Murakami
But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned. Terry Prachett
Mark Twain quote: "Use the right word, not its second cousin."
Use the right word, not its second cousin. Mark Twain
Though there was no sound, there was a change. The atmosphere, which had gone tense at my accusation, relaxed. I wondered how I knew this. I had a strange sensation that I was somehow receiving more than my five senses were giving me - almost a feeling that there was another sense, on the fringes, not quite harnessed. Intuition? That was almost the right word. As if any creature needed more than five senses. Stephenie Meyer
I believe in aristocracy. . .? if that is the right word, and if a democrat may use it. Not an aristocracy of power, based upon rank and influence, but an aristocracy of the sensitive, the considerate and the plucky. Its members are to be found in all nations and classes, and all through the ages, and there is a secret understanding between them when they meet. They represent the true human tradition, the one permanent victory of our queer race over cruelty and chaos. E. M. Forster
I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does not, on the whole, have the highest regard for my own stuff in that when I look all I get to see are the flaws. Neil Gaiman
Griffin Dunne quote: "I met Steve McQueen once. Well, met isn't really the right word."
I met Steve McQueen once. Well, met isn't really the right word. Griffin Dunne
No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. Roddy Doyle
Russel Honore quote: "They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't..."
They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival. Russel Honore

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