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97 Written Word quotes by 90 unique authors

She drinks pints of coffee and writes little observations and ideas for stories with her best fountain pen on the linen-white pages of expensive notebooks.… — David Nicholls
He found whole figures which represented a written word; but he never could manage to represent just the word he wanted - that word was… — Hans Christian Andersen
We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and… — Francis Chan
The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn. — Abraham Lincoln
Sometimes, when it is going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a fetish… — David Nicholls
What a strange world it is, where prisoners are left their weapons and the written word is a mortal danger. — Megan Whalen Turner
Too often we take notes on writing, we think about writing but never do it. I want you to walk into the heart of the… — Natalie Goldberg
It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I’m sure you understand why.… — Daniel Handler
Acknowledgements With grateful thanks to the three least-appreciated and hardest-working proselytizers of the written word: independent bookstores, librarians, and teachers. — Gail Carriger
I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of… — Gaston Bachelard
The written word endures, the spoken word disappears — Neil Postman
The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be… — Chinua Achebe
Behind every door in London there are stories, behind every one ghosts. The greatest writers in the history of the written word have given them… — Anna Quindlen
Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders of the written… — Louise Penny
The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed… — Elisabeth Elliot
That was the problem ... with trusting to the written word ... We were human, mortal and fallible. We forgot, we made errors, argued ambiguities,… — Jacqueline Carey
I'm a poetry-skipper myself. I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight… — Will Cuppy
When I do period work, I really like to read about the period as much as I like to look at pictures because sometimes the… — Colleen Atwood
I believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word. — David LaChapelle
Through the sands of time...the written word has changed the course of history, inspired many to fight for their beliefs and most importantly...elevated mankind to… — Unknown Author
They say theres a fine line between genius and insanity. If a man thinks he can write, does that make him genius or insane for… — John Miller
A written word is the choicestof relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art.… — Henry David Thoreau

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