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You read and you’re pierced.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Aldous Huxley, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_5129> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/3204877">Brave New World</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/reading">reading</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/writing">writing</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/32781-words-can-be-like-x-rays-if-you-use-them-properly">5337 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/155517.Italo_Calvino"> <img alt="Italo Calvino" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1501975461i/155517._UX200_CR0,44,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Italo Calvino, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_18930> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/20274">The Uses of Literature</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/books">books</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/classics">classics</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/literature">literature</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/meaning">meaning</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/reading">reading</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/23666-a-classic-is-a-book-that-has-never-finished-saying">4734 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/18540.T_S_Eliot"> <img alt="T.S. 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Eliot, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_80410> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/2886568">Four Quartets</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/language">language</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/new-year">new-year</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/voice">voice</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/476456-for-last-year-s-words-belong-to-last-year-s-language-and">4185 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/108424.Patrick_Rothfuss"> <img alt="Patrick Rothfuss" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1351307341i/108424._UX200_CR0,42,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Patrick Rothfuss, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_186074> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/2502879">The Name of the Wind</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/description">description</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/language">language</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/power-of-words">power-of-words</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/28266-words-are-pale-shadows-of-forgotten-names-as-names-have">3964 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/5209.Annie_Dillard"> <img alt="Annie Dillard" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1551806922i/5209._UX200_CR0,34,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Annie Dillard, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_213347> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/2643035">The Living</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/books">books</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/literature">literature</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/reading">reading</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/79666-she-read-books-as-one-would-breathe-air-to-fill">3787 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/1315.Louisa_May_Alcott"> <img alt="Louisa May Alcott" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1200326665i/1315._CR0,46,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “I like good strong words that mean something…” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Louisa May Alcott, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_1934> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/3244642">Little Women</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/little-women">little-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/louisa-may-alcott">louisa-may-alcott</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/376877-i-like-good-strong-words-that-mean-something">3589 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/6134.Arundhati_Roy"> <img alt="Arundhati Roy" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1496705394i/6134._UX200_CR0,30,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Arundhati Roy, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_9777> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/810135">The God of Small Things</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/9970-that-s-what-careless-words-do-they-make-people-love-you">3175 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/4030.Michael_Ondaatje"> <img alt="Michael Ondaatje" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1390116915i/4030._UX200_CR0,1,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Michael Ondaatje, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_11712> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/3009869">The English Patient</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/94042-she-had-always-wanted-words-she-loved-them-grew-up">3124 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/7103.Steve_Martin"> <img alt="Steve Martin" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1585425013i/7103._UX200_CR0,41,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Steve Martin </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/humor">humor</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/36686-some-people-have-a-way-with-words-and-other-people-oh">2946 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/1262010.Annie_Proulx"> <img alt="Annie Proulx" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1219720509i/1262010._UX200_CR0,22,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Annie Proulx </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/reading">reading</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/writing">writing</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/172515-you-should-write-because-you-love-the-shape-of-stories">2718 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/11466.Markus_Zusak"> <img alt="Markus Zusak" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1537240528i/11466._UY200_CR43,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world.<br /><br />She was the book thief without the words.<br /><br />Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Markus Zusak, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_19063> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/878368">The Book Thief</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/books">books</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/meaning">meaning</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patience">patience</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/79868-he-was-the-crazy-one-who-had-painted-himself-black">2599 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/10538.Carl_Sagan"> <img alt="Carl Sagan" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1475953320i/10538._UX200_CR0,36,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic."<br /><br />[<i>Cosmos, Part 11: The Persistence of Memory</i> (1980)]” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Carl Sagan, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_55030> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/3237312">Cosmos</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/books">books</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/literature">literature</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/reading">reading</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/writing">writing</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/460806-what-an-astonishing-thing-a-book-is-it-s-a-flat">2040 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/7012565.Lang_Leav"> <img alt="Lang Leav" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1386062549i/7012565._UY200_CR1,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “It happens like this. <br /><br />"One day you meet someone and for some inexplicable reason, you feel more connected to this stranger than anyone else--closer to them than your closest family. Perhaps this person carries within them an angel--one sent to you for some higher purpose; to teach you an important lesson or to keep you safe during a perilous time. What you must do is trust in them--even if they come hand in hand with pain or suffering--the reason for their presence will become clear in due time."<br /><br />Though here is a word of warning--you may grow to love this person but remember they are not yours to keep. Their purpose isn't to save you but to show you how to save yourself. And once this is fulfilled; the halo lifts and the angel leaves their body as the person exits your life. They will be a stranger to you once more.<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------<br /><br />It's so dark right now, I can't see any light around me. <br />That's because the light is coming from you. You can't see it but everyone else can.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Lang Leav, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_18003300> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/25266150">Love & Misadventure</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/angels">angels</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/beautiful">beautiful</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/magic">magic</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/saviour">saviour</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/soulmate">soulmate</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/850293-it-happens-like-this-one-day-you-meet-someone-and">1990 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/875661.Jalal_ad_Din_Muhammad_ar_Rumi"> <img alt="Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1217355543i/875661._UX200_CR0,29,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “Words are a pretext. 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the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> William Shakespeare, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_8852> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/1896522">Macbeth</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/bereavement">bereavement</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/grief">grief</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/loss">loss</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/mourning">mourning</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sadness">sadness</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sorrow">sorrow</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/5775-give-sorrow-words-the-grief-that-does-not-speak-knits">1370 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/310304.Ren_Char"> <img alt="René Char" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1680022013i/310304._UX200_CR0,36,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “I believe in the magic and authority of words.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> René Char </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/resistance">resistance</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words">words</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/551033-i-believe-in-the-magic-and-authority-of-words">1360 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/3190.F_Scott_Fitzgerald"> <img alt="F. 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