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#1

“When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.

When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Wisława Szymborska, Poems New and Collected

tags: future, silence

1837 likes

#2

“Maybe I’ve always been more comfortable in chaos.”
― Florence Welch, Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry

tags: chaos

63 likes

#3

“I don't want your future
I don't need your past
One bright moment
Is all I ask”
― Florence Welch

35 likes

#4

“Sometimes I wish for falling
Wish for the release
Wish for falling through the air
To give me some relief
Because falling's not the problem
When I'm falling I'm in peace
It's only when I hit the ground
It causes all the grief”
― Florence Welch

tags: falling, florence-and-the-machine

138 likes

#5

“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

tags: description, language, power-of-words, words

3990 likes

#6

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

tags: 1946, language, power-of-words, propaganda, thought

2895 likes

#7

“Meow” means “woof” in cat.”
― George Carlin

tags: animals, cats, dogs, humor, language

2149 likes

#8

“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.”
― Alan Watts

tags: civilization, culture, names, power-of-words, responsibility, wisdom

1805 likes

#9

“All language is but a poor translation.”
― Franz Kafka

1922 likes

#10

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein

tags: language, perception, power-of-words

1658 likes

#11

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: language

677 likes

#12

“Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there are other ways to understanding.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

tags: description, language, words

615 likes

#13

“I would love to say
that you
make me
weak in the knees
but
to be quite upfront
and completely
truthful
you
make my body
forget
it has knees
at all.”
― Tyler Knott Gregson, Love Language

tags: love, poetry

573 likes

#14

“Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

tags: humor, wisdom

1861 likes

#15

“I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

1019 likes

#16

“All the truth in the world is held in stories.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

628 likes

#17

“We are more than the parts that form us. ”
― Patrick Rothfuss

549 likes

#18

“You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

500 likes

#19

“Just pity him, my boy. Tomorrow we'll be on our way, but he'll have to keep his own disagreeable company until the day he dies.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

435 likes

#20

“Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

335 likes

#21

“Only a fool worries over what he can’t control.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

235 likes

#22

“The road is long, we carry on, try to have fun in the meantime.”
― Lana Del Rey

tags: born-to-die, happiness, long, song, young

95 likes

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