“The pen has always been mightier than the sword but sadly in today's journalism the ink is sponsored.”
“Yellow journalism turns purple when third page obituaries appear on page one.”
Source: Plotless
“Zaqar Publishing House, a beast of red brick and chipped plaster, protruded from the surrounding buildings like a broken branch in swamp muck. You could hear the whirring of the massive printing presses from the street. Soot and smoke coated the walls, making it look like a smudge. This was, of course, in the days before the paper’s façade had to yellow for it to survive.”
Source: The Silent Symphony
“He marveled at the poetry of Emily Dickinson, sensing her kindred spirit. For the last seventeen years of her life, Dickinson rarely left her home in Massachusetts and spoke to visitors only through a partially closed door. "Saying nothing, " she wrote, "sometimes says the most.”
Source: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
“There are men everywhere who talk and talk, saying nothing. I am afraid I am becoming one of that kind.”
Source: Death in the Woods and Other Stories
“He sometimes halted without saying anything. Either he had finally nothing to say or while having something to say he finally decided not to say it.”
Source: Texts for Nothing and Other Shorter Prose 1950-1976
“Few realize how loud their expressions really are. Be kind with what you wordlessly say.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“When there’s a gap between what I’m thinking and what I’m saying, it’s because the words coming out of my mouth are the only ones I can access at that time.”
“Don't let a Narcissist, or any other kind of vampire, get away with nonverbal disapproval. Unspoken communication has much more power than mere words because it is ambiguous. If a Narcissist says you did something wrong, you can at least disagree. If he only hints at it, you are left wondering if what you're seeing really means what you think it does, or if the whole thing is somehow your fault, or whatever else you might be imagining. ... Translate rather than pointing the finger. This is the tricky part because it is subtle, but it will make all the difference. An unsubstantiated accusation of an internal state, like, "You're bored," invites defensiveness. A translation, like, "You keep looking at the clock; I'm assuming you're bored," is much harder to deny. A Histrionic might try, but other kinds of vampires will have to concede that they are indeed looking at the clock.”
Source: Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry
“I do listen. I just wait for the words to stop and your eyes to speak.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year