“Here words can kill - literally.”
“The fragility of love is what is most at stake here—humanity's most crucial three-word avowal is often uttered only to find itself suddenly embarrassing or orphaned or isolated or ill-timed—but strangely enough it can work better as a literal or reassuring statement than a transcendent or numinous or ecstatic one.”
“The camera would miss it all. A magnificent picture is never worth a thousand perfect words. Ansel Adams can be a great artist, but he can never be Shakespeare. His tools are too literal.”
“Sticks and stones will break your bones, but now words can kill, too.”
“You can kill a man with those words.No gun. No bullets. Just words and a girl.”
“Stick and stones may break your bones and words can kill you too”