Phonesthetics Quotes & Sayings

Self-awareness is a trait that not only makes us human but also paradoxically makes us want to be more than merely human. As I said in my BBC Reith Lectures, Science tells us we are merely beasts, but we don't feel like that. We feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, forever craving transcendence — V.S. Ramachandran

Death rode the sky, alright," Adrian summarized of that day, in a sad tone of resignation that was repeated in the voice of one survivor after another. "I can close my eyes right now and see that tornado picking up the old Ross place, and just blowing it up. — Angela Mason

A truly living human being cannot remain neutral. — Nadine Gordimer

You don't understand the unbearable beauty of being you. — Amie Kaufman

I don't believe society has ever grown more tolerant. It just changes targets. — Richard Paul Evans

The story of each stone leads back to a mountain. — W.S. Merwin

Eight Years Old, Eighteen Years Old
Cassidy was barely conscious when the March Hare, finally finished, gingerly lifted her onto her stump and gently slid a teacup onto her finger. She strained her senses and thought she heard a long sigh and the creak of old bones as he settled at the other end of the table. He stayed there with her through the night. Every time she struggled to open her eyes, she'd see him, the ghostly outline of white ears against the threatening shadows.
Perhaps he had killed her after all. Perhaps he hadn't. There was only one thing Cassidy Evans knew for sure: It had been a marvelous tea party. — Carrie Ryan

Love does not grown on trees or brought in the market, but if one wants to be "LOVED" one must first know how to give (unconditional)LOVE.. — Kabir

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. — Anonymous

The best words not only pinpoint an idea better than any alternative but echo it in their sound and articulation, a phenomenon called phonesthetics, the feeling of sound. — Steven Pinker

An effective proclamation of the Gospel in contemporary Western society will need to confront directly the widespread spirit of agnosticism and relativism which has cast doubt on reason's ability to know the truth, which alone satisfies the human heart's restless quest for meaning. — Pope John Paul II

If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you. — Siobhan Fahey

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to. — Lynn Johnston

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife. — Leo Tolstoy

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs. — Joseph Stalin

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai. — Orson Welles