“It is not, then, in the content or substance of folly that its difference from truth lies, but in where it comes from. It comes not from 'the wise man's mouth' but from the mouth of the subject assumed not to know and speak the truth.” KnowsMenLyingSpeakDifferencesWiseSubjectsMouthsSubstanceFollySpeak The Truth Book:Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship Source: Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship
“FYI: when you see a grammar nazi foaming at the mouth, you are watching someone with absolutely nothing of substance to say.” MouthsSubstanceNaziGrammarAbsolutely Nothing Author:Nils Parker
“Angel?" I said. "Baby penguins eat a regurgitated mixture of partially digested fish, krill, and an oily substance form their fathers' stomachs. Are you willing to eat a bunch of raw fish and krill, and then barf it back up into a baby penguin's cute, cheeping mouth? Like, every hour?" Sometimes my crushing logic astounds even me.” SaidSometimesFormFatherHoursWillingBabyMouthsAngelLogicFishesBunchSubstanceCuteCrushMixturesPenguins Author:James Patterson
“He made a story for all of them, a story to give them strength. The words of the story poured out of his mouth as if they had substance, pebbles and stone extending to hold the corporal up...knees from buckling...hands from letting go of the blanket.” IfsGivingMadeStoriesHandsLetting GoMouthsStonesSubstanceKneesBlanketExtendingPebbles Author:Leslie Marmon Silko