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Word Quotes (page 157)

Michael Chabon quote: "Entertainment has a bad name...The word wears spandex,..."
Entertainment has a bad name...The word wears spandex, pasties, a leisure suit studded with blinking lights. Michael Chabon
The words were a paraphrase of the suggestion of Jesus: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's." Bokonon's paraphrase was this: "Pay no attention to Caesar. Caesar doesn't have the slightest idea what's really going on. Kurt Vonnegut
Marilyn French quote: "In the beginning was the Mother, the Word began a new era, one..."
In the beginning was the Mother, the Word began a new era, one we have come to call Patriarchy. Marilyn French
Did you know that there is no exact rhyme in the Russian language for the word 'pravda'? Ponder and weigh this insufficiency in your mind. Doesn't that just echo down the canyons of your soul? Julian Barnes
Don DeLillo quote: "He said, "The word for moonlight is moonlight."
He said, "The word for moonlight is moonlight. Don DeLillo
... Such a scribe you pay and praise for putting life in stones, Fire into fog, making the past your world. There's plenty of 'How did you contrive to grasp The thread which led you through this labyrinth? How build such solid fabric out of air? How on so slight foundation found this tale, Biography, narrative?' or, in other words, How many lies did it require to make The portly truth you here present us with? Robert Browning
If I had a large amount of money I should certainly found a hospital for those whose grip upon the world is so tenuous that they can be severely offended by words and phrases and yet remain all unoffended by the injustice, violence and oppression that howls daily about our ears. Stephen Fry
Paul Wellstone quote: "Never separate the life you lead from the words you speak."
Never separate the life you lead from the words you speak. Paul Wellstone
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. Charles Dickens
I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet. The words repeat. Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It must be lovely to be grown up, Marilla, when just being treated as if you were is so nice...Well, anyway, when I grow up, I'm always going to talk to little girls as if they were, too, and I'll never laugh when they use big words. L. M. Montgomery
Chalmers, thanks to Baudelaire, knew all about Taffreuse Juive, opium, absinthe, negresses, Lesbos and the metamorphoses of the vampire ... Needless to say, Chalmers and myself were both virgins, in every possible meaning of the word. Christopher Isherwood
Leonard Cohen quote: "Blessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the..."
Blessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the garden with fiery swords, and heaven and earth with a word. Leonard Cohen
The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it speaks, it lies to you and convinces you, it steals from you and leaves you without a single word of comfort. Alice Hoffman
Offer it up personally, then. Right now. I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of how many people have had siblings or friends or children or lovers disappear from their lives before precious words of clemency or absolution could be passed along. How do the survivors of terminated relationships ever endure the pain of unfinished business? From that place of meditation, I found the answer-you can finish the business yourself, from within... Elizabeth Gilbert

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