Poetry Quote by Alice Hoffman

“Remember, words are the enemy of poetry.”

— Russell Edson

“Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures. No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords…

— Tahereh Mafi

“No matter how fierce the enemy seems--when fear cripples us, anger enrages us, or selfishness possesses us; when adversity crushes us, opposition hounds us,…

— Katy Kauffman

“Poetry emerges from the depths of struggle. It comes up fighting, demanding to be heard.”

— Aisha Mirza

“And yet the enemy is the one who set up the circumstances to make you believe that in the first place. First he gets…

— James L. Rubart

“When you don't fight your adversary, you become the coward in the sight of animalistic breeds, but they forget that your real strength stays…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Today a young poet brought me 75 poems, some of them many pages long, I shall no doubt make an enemy of him again…

— Franz Kafka

“Those people who say that words have no power know nothing of the nature of words. Words, well placed, can end a regime; can…

— Joanne Harris

“No weapon can kill your enmity but your enemy, no love can kill your enemy but your enmity”

— Sir P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Words are more dangerous than swords and guns. They reach further and hurt deeper.”

— Luis Marques

“Words become sentences, twisted, difficult/The story weaves itself, always noisiest at night/As herds of words won't stop. . . " Wildebeest of Words/Breathe In”

— Eileen Granfors

“Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all…

— Ptahhotep