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It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.
1Q84
The cleanest expression is that which finds no sphere worthy of itself and makes one.
Leaves of Grass
There is in a word, in a verb, something sacred which forbids us from using it recklessly. To handle a language cunningly is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory
Words are the small change of thought
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins
Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two
Words are loaded pistols
The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back
A single word often betrays a great design
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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