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> [By the time writing was invented, the Greeks and Egyptians had already learned to extract opium from poppies to facilitate sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-duff/by-the-time-writing-was-invented-the-greeks-and-egyptians-had-already/)

[Kat Duff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-duff/)

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> [Nu shu means women's writing. And it was a secret writing system that was invented by women, used by women and kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-see/nu-shu-means-women-s-writing-and-it-was-a-secret-writing-system-that/)

[Lisa See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-see/)

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> [“Depressing realization sets in. Writing was invented not by human beings but by accountants. Most of the early writing systems are records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/depressing-realization-sets-in-writing-was-invented-not-by-human/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

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> [Until writing was invented, man lived in acoustic space: boundless, directionless, horizonless, in the dark of the mind, in the world of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-mcluhan/until-writing-was-invented-man-lived-in-acoustic-space-boundless/)

[Marshall McLuhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-mcluhan/)

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> [On our earth, before writing was invented, before the printing press was invented, poetry flourished. That is why we know that poetry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-neruda/on-our-earth-before-writing-was-invented-before-the-printing-press/)

[Pablo Neruda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-neruda/)

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> [... the precedents for feminine self-expression run back through all the ages since the art of writing was invented. ... The era…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/the-precedents-for-feminine-self-expression-run-back-through-all-the/)

[Mary Ritter Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ritter-beard/)

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