Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien

A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“The hen is the wisest of all the animal creation, because she never cackles until the egg is laid.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“The pen is mightier than the sword; it should never run out of ink.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“My writing tools were my most precious belongings. My best quill pen was made from a raven’s feather . . . I was often…

— Kate Forsyth

“Surely a pen is like a blade; if it is not used then it becomes dull.”

— Faith Mortimer

“The pen might be mightier than the sword, but the keyboard never runs out of ink.”

— Jason Landry

“One feather is of no use to me, I must have the whole bird.”

— Jacob Grimm

“So, you are happy to be a pigeon?” “Maybe so. But at least a pigeon does no harm. The hawk lives at the expense…

— Geraldine Brooks

“The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it far more easily than he can kill other people.”

— George Dennison Prentice

“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.”

— Mark Twain

“Reading was what I needed to beat back all that noise and silence, those horrible silences. . . .An ink pen was the only…

— Anonymous

“If you throw a crumb to hungry birds, they will harm each other fighting for it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo