“I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight and, and other dimensions that I cannot even name.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold, The Curse of Chalion

Source: The Curse of Chalion

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

Maud Hart Lovelace book Betsy in Spite of Herself

Source: Betsy in Spite of Herself

“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more, nor less.”

Lewis Carroll book Through the Looking-Glass

Source: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

“I don’t like the word "allegorical", I don’t like the word "symbolic", the word I really like is "mythic" and people always think that means "full of lies" when what it really means is full of a truth that cannot be told in any other way but a story.”

William Golding (1911–1993) British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate

Interview in regard to his work Rites of Passage, quoted in The Dreams of William Golden, BBC Arena (2012)

“"Don't worry. I can teach you every word that you need to know right now. One of them is fiesta.
"What does that mean?"
"It means 'party' Another important word is juerga.
"What does that word mean? […] Magnus, does that word also mean 'party?'"
"I would apologize, except that I feel no regret at all."”

Cassandra Clare The Bane Chronicles

Magnus Bane and Ragnor Fell in 1791, p. 9.
The Bane Chronicles, What Really Happened in Peru (2013)

“The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning — in other words, of absurdity — the more energetically meaning is sought.”

Václav Havel book Disturbing the Peace

Source: Disturbing the Peace (1986), Ch. 5

“More often than not, [people] expect a painting to speak to them in terms other than visual, preferably in words, whereas when a painting or a sculpture needs to be supplemented and explained by words it means either that it has not fulfilled its function or that the public is deprived of vision”

Naum Gabo (1890–1977) Russian sculptor

Quote of Naum Gabo (1962), as cited in: Joseph Goguen (1999) Art and the Brain. p. 76
1936 - 1977

“I think of you as a friend. I used to think "friend" was just another word… Nothing more, nothing less. But when I met you, I realized what was important was the word's meaning.”

Masashi Kishimoto book Naruto

Source: Naruto, Band 11

“Words have weight, something once said cannot be unsaid. Meaning is like a stone dropped into a pool; the ripples will spread and you cannot know what back they wash against.”

Philippa Gregory book The Constant Princess

Source: The Constant Princess

“Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.”

Rick Riordan book The Throne of Fire

Source: The Throne of Fire

“All beautiful words are susceptible to more than one meaning (or signification).”

Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist

“I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight and, and other dimensions that I cannot even name.”

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