There is something like an explosion in the meaning of certain words: they have a greater value than their meaning in the dictionary.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Words take on many different meanings.
The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
The way I write, words can means lots of different things.
It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.
Words have a life of their own. There is no telling what they will do. Within a matter of days, they can even turn turtle and mean the opposite.
When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.
What I value in books is lucidity. I want the language to be rich; I love lexical fireworks on the page, but I have to know what it means. I want to be surprised and delighted, not merely baffled.
Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn't change.