#dictionary

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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As I make my way through, I feel okayness reaching through me. The funny thing is that okayness is not a real word. It's not in the dictionary. But it's in me. ↗

— Markus Zusak

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If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians? ↗

— Deb Caletti

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breathtaking, adj. Those mornings when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word. ↗

— David Levithan

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The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary. ↗

— Italo Calvino

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If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word. ↗

— Dave Barry

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Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

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