"Words are our most inexhaustable source of magic."
Albus Dumbledore

Welcome to my philavery.

This is a sanctuary for logophiles.
I don't know about you, but words make me smile.

This blog celebrates weird and wonderful words, including definitions, images and quotes about them. Feel free to leave submissions in the ask box!

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You can stroke people with words.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Tag(s): #Edgar Allan Poe #thephilavery
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
— Edgar Allan Poe
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