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> [“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it. Language makes so many things happen. If we say or write words in a certain way, we can make people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/the-real-reason-that-language-so-often-carries-magic-is-because/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

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## More by Peter Elbow

> [“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it. Language makes so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/the-real-reason-that-language-so-often-carries-magic-is-because/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/the-real-reason-that-language-so-often-carries-magic-is-because-2/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [Meaning is not what you start with, but what you end up with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/meaning-is-not-what-you-start-with-but-what-you-end-up-with/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/everyone-agrees-in-theory-that-we-can-t-judge-a-new-idea-or-point-of/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [Certainty is rarely if ever possible and we increase the likelihood of getting things wrong if we succumb to the hunger for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/certainty-is-rarely-if-ever-possible-and-we-increase-the-likelihood/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [It is the moment when what was chaos is now seen as having a center of gravity. There is a shape where a moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/it-is-the-moment-when-what-was-chaos-is-now-seen-as-having-a-center/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [Producing writing is not so much like filling a basin or pool once, but rather getting water to keep flowing through till finally it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/producing-writing-is-not-so-much-like-filling-a-basin-or-pool-once/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/the-question-for-writing-then-is-this-how-long-are-you-willing-to-be/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [“I've come to suspect that whenever any ability is difficult to learn and rarely performed well, it's probably because contraries are called for -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/i-ve-come-to-suspect-that-whenever-any-ability-is-difficult-to-learn/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [It's an unnecessary burden to try to think of words and also worry at the same time whether they're the right words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/it-s-an-unnecessary-burden-to-try-to-think-of-words-and-also-worry-at/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

> [Writing with voice is writing into which someone has breathed. It has that fluency, rhythm, and liveliness that exist naturally in the speech of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-elbow/writing-with-voice-is-writing-into-which-someone-has-breathed-it-has/)

[Peter Elbow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-elbow/)

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