Pens Quotes

616 Pens quotes by 492 unique authors

Reparations,” said Jem very suddenly, setting down the pen he was holding. Will looked at him in puzzlement. “Is this a game? We just blurt… — Cassandra Clare
A true poet is more than just a man who can write a poem with a pen. A true poet writes poetry with his very… — Eric Ludy
To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central… — Edward Abbey
I have sat here at my desk, day after day, night after night, a blank sheet of paper before me, unable to lift my pen,… — Susan Hill
I sit in my tree I sing like the birds My beak is my pen My songs are my poems. — David Almond
The optimist in me wants to believe sexuality will eventually become like handwriting: there’s no right way and wrong way to do it. We’re all… — Jodi Picoult
But I am I now; and so many other millions are so irretrievably their own special variety of 'I' that I can hardly bear to… — Sylvia Plath
Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it. — Elwyn Brooks White
Little Words When you are gone, there is nor bloom nor leaf, Nor singing sea at night, nor silver birds; And I can only stare,… — Dorothy Parker
The pen is mightier than the sword, if you shoot that pen out of a gun — Stephen Colbert
Hold your pen and spare your voice. — Dorothy Parker
The hatchet must fall on the block; the oak must be cleft to the centre. The weight of the world is on my shoulders. Here… — Virginia Woolf
Have pity on those who are fearful of taking up a pen, or a paintbrush, or an instrument, or a tool because they are afraid… — Paulo Coelho
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 I’m a teacher, I won’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

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