Pen Quotes

753 Pen quotes by 581 unique authors

When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought. — Anthony Kiedis
I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that… — Mahatma Gandhi
There was a message written in pencil on the tiles by the roller towel. This was it: What is the purpose of life? Trout plundered… — Kurt Vonnegut
When Iâ€™m a teacher, I wonâ€™t be using red pens to grade papers. Red pens will forever be associated with criticism and bad grades in… — Susane Colasanti
When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain, Before high-piled books, in charactery, Hold like… — John Keats
Okay, let me get a pen." There were rustling noises. "I can't find one." More noises. "Okay,shoot." "You found a pen?" "No, but I have… — Linda Howard
Returning his pen to its holder, he told us, 'I will have him gutted with that scythe. I will hang him by his own intestines.'… — Patrick deWitt
I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper. — James Robertson
Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step.… — Natalie Goldberg
laws and conditions appropriate to a mechanical creation, against this I raise my sword-pen. — Anthony Burgess
I have always been jealous of artists. The smell of the studio, the names of the various tools, the look of a half-finished canvas all… — Jane Yolen
The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes. Then there is the business of… — Gore Vidal
In those days, we imagined ourselves as being kept in some kind of holding pen, waiting to be released into our lives. And when the… — Julian Barnes
I concentrated hard and snapped my fingers. "You don't see the sword," I told the girl. "It's just a ballpoint pen." She blinked. "Um .… — Rick Riordan
It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a… — Miyamoto Musashi
You gave me Christopher Robin, and then You breathed new life in Pooh. Whatever of each has left my pen Goes homing back to you.… — A A Milne
Americans have become conditioned to believe the world is a gray place without absolutes; this is because weâ€™re simultaneously cowardly and arrogant. We donâ€™t know… — Chuck Klosterman
A pen went scribbling along. When it tried to write love, it broke. — Unknown Author
She was sitting cross-legged on her bed in her white kimono, writing in a notebook with an ink pen she dipped in a bottle. 'Never… — Janet Fitch
Leo took out a pen and autographed the arm of one of the nymphs. â€œNarcissus is a loser! Heâ€™s so weak, he canâ€™t bench-press a… — Rick Riordan

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