As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words. ~ Julia Cameron, Right to Write

Words are healers of the sick tempered. ~ Aeschylus

Words should be only the clothes, carefully custom-made to fit the thought. ~ Jules Renard

The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine. ~ Robert Bresson

All words are pegs to hang ideas on. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose top is in the sky. ~ The Koran

Maybe the words that I say is just another way to pray. ~ Curtis Mayfield

Syllables govern the world. ~ John Seldon

As long as we are not chased from our words we have nothing to fear. As long as our utterances keep their sound we have a voice. As long as our words keep their sense we have a soul. ~ Edmond Jabès

Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs. ~ Pearl Strachan

Working for High Times I learned that words like “free” and “brave” are negotiable. ~ Chris Simunek, Paradise Burning

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