“Siry answered with one simple, shattering word. "Veelox.”
D.J. MacHale book The Pilgrims of Rayne
Source: The Pilgrims of Rayne
“In a logically perfect language, there will be one word and no more for every simple object, and everything that is not simple will be expressed by a combination of words, by a combination derived, of course, from the words for the simple things that enter in, one word for each simple component.”
1910s, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism (1918)
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“Use simple words, words that create pictures and action and that generate feeling.”
Gerry Spence (1929) American lawyer
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Context: Words that do not create images should be discarded. Words that have no intrinsic emotional or visual content ought to be avoided. Words that are directed to the sterile intellectual head-place should be abandoned. Use simple words, words that create pictures and action and that generate feeling.
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Post-war years (1945–1955)
“I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.”
Carol Ann Duffy (1955) British writer and professor of contemporary poetry
“Soon I'll find the right words, they'll be very simple.”
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Some of the Dharma (1997)
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With nature aiding and abetting;”
Jan Struther (1901–1953) British writer
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