Better Words For Said Novels & Stories

I said. “Understood.”

I said. "‍D‌i‌d what?"‍ he‍ s‌a‍id, e‌ye‍s on h‍is phone. "Said tha‍t," I⁠ said. ‍"I stated a p‌reference," he‍ said. "That's allowed." "It's allowed," I sa‍id. "It's ju‍st not very you."

noa said, “ drive”

I said. I didn't mean it.

" You are just too bold and very honest with words." " In order words what I think my friend is trying to say is that you should sometimes...." Kim squeezed her face trying to emphasize her words. "You should sugar coat and not drop the bullet straight." Alice eyes seemed to be lost in empty space but she was indeed paying attention to what the girls were saying. "For example, instead of 'you look miserable' you can say you look like 'you could use some rest.' "Oh... I didn't think of that. That sounds peaceful." The girls nodded. " So... Do you still want to go?"

The Seer said to me as I sat there with my legs crossed, staring at him in silence. "You know it is the ambiguity of your words that makes me not want to come here sometimes. It would not do any harm if you went directly and said whatever it is that you want to say to me without having to make it sound so proverbial." I said to him, Let him know that it would be a lot better if he could just go directly to explaining those words to me instead of making them sound so difficult to understand.

"When you do that. The one-word sentences. The — finality of them." "I'll take that," I said. "She would have liked you very much," he said. "Not just loved — liked. There's a difference. She liked people who didn't waste words." I looked at my hands. "I wasted a lot of words for a long time," I said. "Trying to say the right things to the wrong person." "No," Richard said. "You were precise. You were always precise. You just didn't have anyone listening carefully enough to hear it."

was better than new. Because "fixed" meant it had survived the fall.

She said: "I usually am." He said: "Yes." She said: "You could say so more often." He said: "You are usually right." She said: "Thank you." He said: "You are welcome." Caela looked between them. She said: "Both." They looked at her. She said: "You are both usually right." He said: "Yes." She said: "About different things." He said: "Yes." She said: "That is why three is better than two."

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