Words can have no single fixed meaning. Like wayward electrons, they can spin away from their initial orbit and enter a wider magnetic field. No one... →
David Lehman
But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.
Lotte Lehmann
In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'
Tom Lehrer
When I was in college, there were certain words you couldn't say in front of a girl. Now you can say them, but you can't say 'girl.'
I always prided myself on at least trying to be literate and use the right words, and if the audience didn't get it, then they could go home and... →
Shaw is like a train. One just speaks the words and sits in one's place. But Shakespeare is like bathing in the sea - one swims where one wants.
Vivien Leigh
I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure could plot.
Donna Leon
I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.
Elmore Leonard
In mainstream literature, a trope is a figure of speech: metaphor, simile, irony, or the like. Words used other than literally. In SF, a trope - at... →
Edward M. Lerner
And that format was - we'd been using that format, I guess, since the late '70s, and it was starting to get very predictable. In other words... →
Phil Lesh