--- title: "8 Words Learned Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Words Learned quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Words Learned sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58f/kathleen-e-woodiwiss-28091_heart_after-all-they-were-just-words-and-she-h_194466.jpg" --- > [“After all, they were just words, and she had learned long ago that a man's actions displayed his truer nature more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-e-woodiwiss/after-all-they-were-just-words-and-she-had-learned-long-ago-that-a/) [Kathleen E. Woodiwiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-e-woodiwiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58f/kathleen-e-woodiwiss-28091_heart_after-all-they-were-just-words-and-she-h_194466.jpg) > [“How to tell her in words, then, what he had learned himself by pain and grace? That only by forgiveness could she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/how-to-tell-her-in-words-then-what-he-had-learned-himself-by-pain-and/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/diana-gabaldon-185_forgiveness_how-to-tell-her-in-words-then-what-he-ha_420964.jpg) > [On the board was a list of words and phrases which her mother considered not suitable for use in college T-shirt design.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mckay/on-the-board-was-a-list-of-words-and-phrases-which-her-mother/) [Hilary McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/hilary-mckay-16133_art_on-the-board-was-a-list-of-words-and-phr_611100.jpg) > [“I have written you a hundred letters, each one folded into the quiet between breaths, sealed with the weight of words that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-carter/i-have-written-you-a-hundred-letters-each-one-folded-into-the-quiet/) [Mason Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/mason-carter-105088_broken-hearted_i-have-written-you-a-hundred-letters-eac_773701.jpg) > [It's so easy to use tired, shopworn figures of speech. I love using long, fancy words but have learned - mostly from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/it-s-so-easy-to-use-tired-shopworn-figures-of-speech-i-love-using/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/gretchen-rubin-867_against_it-s-so-easy-to-use-tired-shopworn-figur_1068370.png) > [I learned words, I learned words; but half of them died from lack of exercise. And the ones I use often look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/i-learned-words-i-learned-words-but-half-of-them-died-from-lack-of/) [Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/norman-maccaig-15658_exercise_i-learned-words-i-learned-words-but-half_1565180.png) > [Most of the words you know and love and use every day are not words you learned by looking them up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mckean/most-of-the-words-you-know-and-love-and-use-every-day-are-not-words/) [Erin McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mckean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/erin-mckean-13646_day_most-of-the-words-you-know-and-love-and_2272681.png) > [“There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/there-is-a-master-way-with-words-which-is-not-learned-but-is-instead/) [Criss Jami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/criss-jami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/criss-jami-320_blind_there-is-a-master-way-with-words-which-i_2353794.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/words-learned/#itemlist", "name": "Words Learned Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“After all, they were just words, and she had learned long ago that a man's actions displayed his truer nature more than the things he said.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kathleen E. 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