“There comes, even to kings, the time of great weariness. Then the gold of the throne is brass, the silk of the palace becomes drab. The gems in the diadem and upon the fingers of the women sparkle drearily like the ice of white seas; the speech of men is as the empty rattle of a jester's bell and the feel comes of things unreal; even the sun is copper in the sky and the breath of the green ocean is no longer fresh.” MenFeelsWhiteSunSeaSkyKingsSpeechOceanEmptyGoldBreathsGreenFingersIceBellsThronesPalacesUnrealSilkGemsWearinessSparkleBrassCopperJester Book:Kull: Exile of Atlantis Source: Kull: Exile of Atlantis
“Love unspoken is the most tremendous force in the world. One is amazed at the way in which people waste their time making speeches, agitating, praying, even. They might save their breath. The great lovers of the world, in silence, rule the world.” PeopleWorldWayMightForceSilencePrayingLoversSpeechWasteBreathsAmazedGreat LoveUnspokenGreat Lovers Author:Mary Webb
“I've had my breath taken away when a fan told me since watching my speech she has stopped herself being beaten up by her father. I've been stunned by the amount of men in my life that have contacted me since my speech to tell me to keep going, and that they want to make sure that their daughters will still be alive to see a world where women have power and equality, economically and politically.” MenWorldWantStillsFatherTakenAliveFansAmountSpeechDaughterBreathsKeep GoingBeatenStunned Author:Emma Watson
“In this disintegrative, technologically-manic time, when public language is so debased, poetry continues to matter because it's the art that reintegrates words, speech, voice, breath, music, bodily tempo, and the powers of the imagination.” ArtMatterLanguageVoiceImaginationSpeechBreathsTempoManic Author:Adrienne Rich
“Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity, Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility.” HumansHeartHomeBodyLightEyeWalksDarknessTreeFeetHumilitySpeechJudgmentFairsBreathsAdversityBlindFruitProsperityStrangerGenerousSoilHumankindHuman HeartLampsDewGuardedErringGuiding Light Author:Bahá'u'lláh
“Do what ya have to do to pay off yer debt with Heaven,’ he said, his concern for proper speech abandoned. ‘But ya do not die on me, ya understand? I can’t live without ya. Yer all I got, woman.’ Her breath caught in her lungs. ‘I don’t want to be here if you’re not.” IfsWantSaidI CanDiesHeavenPaySpeechConcernBreathsCaughtDebtAbandonedLungs Author:Jana Oliver
“Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.” MenBodyScienceSoundKnowledgeFiguresColdTasteSpeechMouthsSightHotBreathsSevenHearingSmellTonguePleasantVisibleSensationsPassagesTaste And Smell Book:Hippocrates Source: Hippocrates
“How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy! Wholesome as air and genial as the light, Welcome in every clime as breath of flowers, It transmutes aliens into trusting friends, And gives its owner passport round the globe.” MenGivingLightCommonAirSweetFlowerFineSpeechBreathsRoundsWelcomeAliensMannersOwnersGlobesCourtesyGraciousPassportsCommon Courtesy Author:James Thomas Fields
“In dialogue, make sure that your attributives do not awkwardly interrupt a spoken sentence. Place them where the breath would come naturally in speech-that is, where the speaker would pause for emphasis, or take a breath. The best test for locating an attributive is to speak the sentence aloud.” WritingSpeakSpeechTestsBreathsSentencesDialogueSpeakersPausesEmphasis Book:the elements of style Source: the elements of style