Quotes in the category words

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

Aldous Huxley

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.

Annie Proulx