Pen Quotes

753 Pen quotes by 581 unique authors

My pen.â€™ Funny, I wrote that without noticing. â€˜The torchâ€™, â€˜the paperâ€™, but â€˜my penâ€™. That shows what writing means to me, I guess. My… — John Marsden
[E]very plot, worth the name, must be elaborated to its dÃ©nouement before anything be attempted with the pen. It is only with the dÃ©nouement constantly… — Edgar Allan Poe
First, consider the pen you write with. It should be a fast-writing pen because your thoughts are always much faster than your hand. You don't… — Natalie Goldberg
But when I took up my pen, my hand made big, jerky letters like those of a child, and the lines sloped down the page… — Sylvia Plath
I am obnoxious to each carping tongue/ Who says my hand a needle better fits./ A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong/ For… — Anne Bradstreet
When I have fears that I may ceace to be, Before my pen has gleaned my teaming brain". — John Keats
I wonder if I can write this history, or if on every page there will be some sneaking show of a bitterness I thought long… — Robin Hobb
Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For… — Bob Dylan
How'd you communicate?" "Paper and pen. Amazing inventions. Anyway, once we were in Buffalo, I led him here. We couldn't figure out a way in… — Kelley Armstrong
...The simple little words came easily, fitting themselves to the tune that had come out of the harpsichord. It didn't seem to her that she… — Elizabeth Goudge
I mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy for the easing of her pain.… — Bell Hooks
I kissed her," he explained, aggrieved. "Mmm, yes, I had the dubious pleasure of witnessing that, ah-hem, overly public occurrence." Lyall sharpened his pen nib,… — Gail Carriger
I am a creature of my pen. My pen is the best of me. — A. S. Byatt
Surely it is an odd way to spend your life - sitting alone in a room with a pen in your hand, hour after hour,… — Paul Auster
I lied. I need your help." "Who are we killing?" "Do you have a pen? — Ilona Andrews
Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful. No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot — Albert Einstein
The pen is the language of the soul; as the concepts that in it are generated, such will be its writings. — Miguel de Cervantes
Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write. — Suzanne Collins
You say often you wish a library; here I gif you one; for between these two lids (he meant covers) is many books in one.… — Louisa May Alcott
I'm sure it is," she replied. Her expression turned fierce, making her look far different from the scattered teacher I knew. "But listen to me… — Richelle Mead

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