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C. S. Lewis quote: "They stormed and jeered at one another in long meaningless..."
They stormed and jeered at one another in long meaningless words of about twenty syllables each. C. S. Lewis
Oswald: Why dost thou use me thus? I know thee not. Kent: Fellow, I know thee. Oswald: What dost thou know me for? Kent: A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy; worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking whoreson, glass-gazing, superserviceable, finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward,... William Shakespeare
I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of the word begin to move around. Stressed accents begin to invert. The word abandons its meaning like an overload which is too heavy and prevents dreaming. Then words take on other meanings as if they had the right to be young. And the words wander away, looking in the nooks and crannies of vocabulary for new company, bad company. Gaston Bachelard
I discover poetry when I was in elementary school and I was so fascinated by it. Because I realised if you get the right amount of syllables and the right amount of words, in the right rhyme scheme and you put it all together. You make words just bounce of a page. Taylor Swift
Giving, not getting, brings to full bloom the Christmas spirit. Enemies are forgiven, friends remembered, and God obeyed. The spirit of Christmas illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than things. To catch the real meaning of the “spirit of Christmas,” we need only drop the last syllable, and it becomes the “Spirit of Christ. Thomas S. Monson
The Brain - is wider than the Sky -For - put them side by side -The one the other will contain. With ease - and You - beside -The Brain is deeper than the sea -For- hold them - Blue to Blue -The one the other will absorb -As Sponges - Buckets - do -The Brain is just the weight of God -For - Heft them - Pound for Pound -And they will differ - if they do -As Syllable from Sound. Emily Dickinson
A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables. Norton Juster
Chloe Moretz quote: "As Chloe, I can honestly say I've never uttered a syllable of..."
As Chloe, I can honestly say I've never uttered a syllable of a curse word, not even behind closed doors. Chloe Moretz
Victor Hugo quote: "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is..."
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. Victor Hugo
Vernon Duke quote: "Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm..."
Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables. Vernon Duke
There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable. Annie Dillard
Don Henley quote: "I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people..."
I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable. Don Henley
I loathe hecklers. I haven't got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone. There's an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it's a different venue. Billy Connolly
She had a hit for every syllable: 'Don't. You. Ever. Talk. To. Me. Like. That. Ever. Again.' That was the last time I ever talked back to Mom. Misty May-Treanor
In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables. Catharine MacKinnon

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