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> [“...words are always imperfect, words are just sounds we make with our mouths that point our minds to think of things that cannot be fully described in words anyway. I am a writer, so I know where words fail us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-e-coyote/words-are-always-imperfect-words-are-just-sounds-we-make-with-our/)

Ivan E. Coyote

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## More by Ivan E. Coyote

> [“books: Nancy Drew, Harriet the Spy, Encyclopedia Brown, and later, anything with even a passing mention of sex in it: Judy Blume’s Are You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-e-coyote/books-nancy-drew-harriet-the-spy-encyclopedia-brown-and-later/)

Ivan E. Coyote

> [“...words are always imperfect, words are just sounds we make with our mouths that point our minds to think of things that cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-e-coyote/words-are-always-imperfect-words-are-just-sounds-we-make-with-our/)

Ivan E. Coyote

> [“I want you to know that it is not always easy to love me. That sometimes my chest is a field full of landmines,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-e-coyote/i-want-you-to-know-that-it-is-not-always-easy-to-love-me-that/)

Ivan E. Coyote

> [“We are carrying contraband words with us, memorized, tucked away in tattered journals and stored magically on disks in Anna's left pocket. Canadian words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-e-coyote/we-are-carrying-contraband-words-with-us-memorized-tucked-away-in/)

Ivan E. Coyote

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