Quote by Isaac Babel

No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.

No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put

Summary

This quote suggests that the impact of a properly placed period in writing is incredibly powerful. It emphasizes that a well-executed conclusion or punctuation mark can evoke strong emotions and leave a lasting impression. Just like a sharp piece of iron can penetrate deeply, a perfectly timed period can have a profound effect on the reader, bringing clarity, finality, and significance to the written words.

Topics

Grammar

By Isaac Babel

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our to

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.

Then forth, dear countrymen: let us deliverOur puissance int

Then forth, dear countrymen: let us deliverOur puissance into the hand of God,Putting it straight in expedition.Cheerly to sea; the signs of war advance:No king of England, if not king of France.

William Shakespeare

France England Henry V

America loves the representation of its heroes to be not jus

America loves the representation of its heroes to be not just larger than life, but stupendously, awesomely bigger than anything else. If blue whales built statues to each other they'd be smaller then these.

Legacy

No matter what your wishes, they are not crazy so long as th

No matter what your wishes, they are not crazy so long as they are not crazy to you!

Stephen Richards

Happiness Abundance Creation Cosmic Ordering Focus Goal Setting Goals Law Of Attraction Author Stephen Richards Fearless

Not only is the self entwined in society it owes society its

Not only is the self entwined in society it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

Society

As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects - d

As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects - digitize and dematerialize - we approach a 'Star Trek' future in which everything can be accessed from the fourth dimension with a few clicks or terse audibles.

Future

I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was da

I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was dangerous around women in my twenties. I'm terrified that they might end up with someone like me.

Antonio Banderas

Women

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Great

I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there ar

I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States. No man can form an adequate idea of the real meaning of the word, without coming here.

Charles Dickens

Boredom

Alec slid his hand from Jace's arm to his shoulder. Magnus c

Alec slid his hand from Jace's arm to his shoulder. Magnus cleared his throat. Alec dropped his hand. Simon grinned into his undrunk coffee.

Cassandra Clare

Simon Lewis Magnus Bane Alec Lightwood Jace Wayland

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that somethin

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

Arthur C. Clarke

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

Passion