Word

Words derive their meaning from the surrounding words, just as human beings derive their meaning from interacting with other humans around them.

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We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words.

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 – Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
 – Sand and Foam [1926]

A word has the power to define, to bind, to create, to destroy. Truely, a poet has power undreamt of by kings.

Isn't it weird that words work as well as they do? Think about it.

on Mar 22nd 2001, 02:07:31, Natasha Jordan wrote the following about

word

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

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And how much courage.

The best way to discover new words is by reading a book.

'Right again, quite right,' said Mr Swiveller, 'caution is the word, and caution is the act.'

In the beginning was the word, and the word was 32 bits.

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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

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 – Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
 – An Essay on Criticism [1711], pt. II, l. 109

Words are like prodigies. They may want to stay inside where it is safe and warm but they'll never live if they never play outside...and find themselves lost in the cold.

Rotor is a fine palindrome, thought Frank Leigh Dearie as he ambled down the Lost Highway.

... words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, they slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe...

Spaces define which letters to together to make up a word.

The word is powerless yet powerful. The word can be a mere 8 bits, or the flame that burns a city to the ground. Words sting, caress, re-assure, and destruct.

We become wordsmiths innately, learning language before we learn to walk or talk. And still, we continue our development, our love affair with words, until the day we die.