„In one letter that he had written to her then he had said: Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?“

— James Joyce
„Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?“
— James Joyce
„I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.“
— James Joyce
„I know why the Jews and Muslims have nine hundred names for God; one small word is not enough for love.“
— Diana Gabaldon
„These notices had been written by Christopher Robin, who was the only one in the forest who could spell; for Owl, wise though he was in many ways, able to read and write and spell his own name WOL, yet somehow went all to pieces over delicate words like MEASLES and BUTTEREDTOAST.“
— A.A. Milne