Orality And Ong Quotes & Sayings

He enjoyed reading and writing. He liked words. Words didn't shout or make loud noises, which pretty much defined the rest of his family. They didn't involve getting muddy in the freezing cold. They didn't hunt inoffensive animals, either. They did what he told them to. So, he'd said, he wanted to write. — Terry Pratchett

If you want to call it that. But it is a very specific sort of magic. There's a magic you take from death. Something leaves the world, something else comes into it. — Neil Gaiman

His landlady came to the door, loosely wrapped in dressing gown and shawl; her husband followed ejaculating. — Mary Shelley

There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. — J. Paul Getty

My name is Sherman J. Alexie Jr., and I am an insomniac. — Sherman Alexie