Semicolon Quotes

“Based on his liberal use of the semicolon, I just assumed this date would go well.”
― Raven Leilani, Luster

“Stay Strong. Love endlessly. Change Lives.”
― Amy Bleuel, Project Semicolon: Your Story Isn't Over

“I wonder why I ever bothered with sex, he thought; there’s nothing in this breathing world so gratifying as an artfully placed semicolon.”
― Camille Desmoulins

“I love you like a semicolon; a half-pause in a torrent of thought during which life stutters into being. I want to take you in the breathless spaces between ellipses where passion builds and shudders into a trailing afterthought.”
― Ophaelia Automn

“I hear there are now Knightsbridge clinics offering semicolonic irrigation – but for many it may be too late.”
― Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

“The semicolon was born in Venice in 1494”
― Cecelia Watson, Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

“Another day.
How long are you gonna scroll down?
Semicolon
Smile”
― Sanhita Baruah

“Well, I am more partial to a semicolon myself.”
― C.S. Woolley

“Punctuation marks are well-mannered symbols that lead us around like a faithful butler; remove them, and we dance free form ...”
― Nanette L. Avery

“Among the honeysuckles
Sits the dandelion
Sticking out like
A semicolon
In a poem”
― Nanette L. Avery

“The game is never over until it is over. It isn't over if there is a single pawn left on the board. If one side is down to a pawn and a king, and the other side has every player, there is still a game.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library