“I can’t say anything. There are no words.”

“I like visiting people in prison. I can say whatever I want to them, and they can’t do anything about it.”

“How can I tell you that I love you, I love you
But I can’t think of right words to say.”

“Food makes people happy, it takes you back home, it says so many things that words can’t say.”

“I can’t… I find that I can’t concentrate. On anything. I can’t really…” Rhage’s eyes drifted to Zsadist. “How do you live with it? All the anger. The pain. The…”

“A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.”

““I can’t afford it.” The other dad forbade those words to be used. He insisted I say, “How can I afford it?” One is a statement, and the other is a question.”

“People who take things too literally don't get much of anything from my teaching. By never saying anything I mean, I say a great deal. I never mean anything I say under oath. I never mean exactly what I say. Not even this. You have to read between the words.”

“I can’t write five words but that I change seven.”

“I don’t think that a statement like this, issued saying that his ‘choice of words was not the best,’ changes anything.”