--- title: "10 Words Changed Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Words Changed quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Words Changed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/marjorie-reynolds-260101_language_they-re-just-words-they-can-be-changed-8_880655.jpg" --- > [“They're just words. They can be changed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-reynolds/they-re-just-words-they-can-be-changed/) [Marjorie Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-reynolds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/marjorie-reynolds-260101_language_they-re-just-words-they-can-be-changed-8_880655.jpg) > [The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-thing-about-words-is-that-meanings-can-twist-just-like-a-snake/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/terry-pratchett-19_behinds_the-thing-about-words-is-that-meanings-c_642079.jpg) > [So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/so-i-wanted-to-sing-inspirational-music-and-that-s-exactly-how-i/) [Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/smokey-robinson-8874_changed_so-i-wanted-to-sing-inspirational-music_2690988.jpg) > [“Hi, I'm Porter Reese." I didn't know it yet. But those four simple words changed my life all over again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aly-martinez/hi-i-m-porter-reese-i-didn-t-know-it-yet-but-those-four-simple-words/) [Aly Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aly-martinez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/aly-martinez-13039_changed-life_hi-i-m-porter-reese-i-didn-t-know-it-yet_3224510.jpg) > [“You should be,’ said Jokaste. ‘He is the son of a king.’ The son of a king. Damen felt dizzy, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-pacat/you-should-be-said-jokaste-he-is-the-son-of-a-king-the-son-of-a-king/) [C.S. Pacat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-pacat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/c-s-pacat-628_children_you-should-be-said-jokaste-he-is-the-son_176131.jpg) > [“I wanted to choose words that even you would have to be changed by Take the word of my pulse, loving and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-rich/i-wanted-to-choose-words-that-even-you-would-have-to-be-changed-by/) [Adrienne Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-rich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/adrienne-rich-803_language_i-wanted-to-choose-words-that-even-you-w_1645011.jpg) > [Those eerie diamond eyes shifted over to her and she stilled, as if he's willed her to do so. There was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-ward/those-eerie-diamond-eyes-shifted-over-to-her-and-she-stilled-as-if-he/) [J.R. Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-ward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/j-r-ward-148_black-dagger-brother_those-eerie-diamond-eyes-shifted-over-to_3097407.jpg) > [ \[...\] "I recall what you said to me once," Will went on. "That words have the power to change us. Your words… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/i-recall-what-you-said-to-me-once-will-went-on-that-words-have-the/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/cassandra-clare-9_before-i-die_i-recall-what-you-said-to-me-once-will-w_184924.jpg) > [Just a couple of words can change everything and some days Ive said a couple words too few and Ive said a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brianna-wyka/just-a-couple-of-words-can-change-everything-and-some-days-ive-said-a/) [Brianna Wyka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brianna-wyka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/brianna-wyka-72733_truth_just-a-couple-of-words-can-change-everyt_44010.jpg) > [“English was such a dense, tight language. So many hard letters, like miniature walls. Not open with vowels the way Spanish was.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/english-was-such-a-dense-tight-language-so-many-hard-letters-like/) [Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/cristina-henriquez-22273_english_english-was-such-a-dense-tight-language_3177559.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/words-changed/#itemlist", "name": "Words Changed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They're just words. 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