“No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.”

“Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.”

“They were conscientious, you couldn't deny it, and they were also flabby, heartless sons-of-bitches. In other words, they were well chosen, as mindlessly enthusiastic as any employer could dream of. Sons that would have delighted my mother, worshiping their bosses, if only she could have had one all to herself, a son she could have been proud of in the eyes of the world, a real legitimate son.”

“A good soup attracts chairs. This is an African proverb. I can hear the shuffling and squeaking on the wood floor, the gathering 'round. This, from just five well-chosen words.”

“It's a very remarkable story.""Remarkable's a well-chosen word. It doesn't give you away.”

“Books, like friends, shoould be few and well-chosen.”