“Quem não vê bem uma palavra, não pode ver bem uma alma."
"One who cannot see a word well, cannot see a soul well."
—Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)
Showing posts with label word. Show all posts
Showing posts with label word. Show all posts
each word
In a poem, each word has to be right and contribute to the whole; in a story only every sentence. In a novel only every page.
—Alison Laurie, Real People (Penguin, 1978)
—Alison Laurie, Real People (Penguin, 1978)
one word
Un mot et tout est sauvé. Un mot et tout est perdu.
[One word and all is saved. One word and all is lost.]
—André Breton
[One word and all is saved. One word and all is lost.]
—André Breton
regal word
Gold rusts, steel decays, marble
crumbles. Everything readies for death.
The firmest thing on Earth is sorrow,
and most lasting is the regal word.
—Anna Akhmatova
crumbles. Everything readies for death.
The firmest thing on Earth is sorrow,
and most lasting is the regal word.
—Anna Akhmatova
struck note
Uttering a word is like striking a note on a keyboard of the imagination.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations (Prentice Hall, 3rd edition, 1973)
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations (Prentice Hall, 3rd edition, 1973)
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