“...to say it out loud is to give shape to something he had wanted to remain formless.”
“Long ago people used to say what they wanted out loud and hope that someone would give it to them. They called it praying.”
“Speak up, Charlie,” I say. “If you have something to say, then say it out loud.”
“Say it...out loud.”
“He wanted to give her another word to say, something like luscious or whisper or strawberry. Hell, antidisestablishmentarianism would do it.”
“Granny Weatherwax was a witch. That was quite acceptable in the Ramtops, and no one had a bad word to say about witches. At least, not if he wanted to wake up in the morning the same shape as he went to bed.”