Word

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 right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

(Mark Twain)

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

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

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

The word on my mind right now is >>weekend<<. It's only a few hours away!

I can't wait to get away from this office!!

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

Without another word spoken on either side, the lodger took from his great trunk, a kind of temple, shining as of polished silver, and placed it carefully on the table.

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.

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

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There it was, word for word,
The poem that took the place of a mountain.


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 – Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
 – The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain [1952], st. I

»Therefore« is a word the poet must not know.

(Andre Gide)

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