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“Words—so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
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“All books are either dreams or swords. You cut, or you can drug with words.” – Amy Lowell
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“Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.”
– Margaret Chittenden
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“No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery, and thought is viscous.”
– Henry Brooks Adam
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“Grant me some wild experiences, Heavens … words, words or I shall burst.” – George Farquhur
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So ends the quota of quotes for writers for the day, I hope a few inspired, thanks for stopping by,
~ Penny