Words Have Power Quotes

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John Green
“And we're such language-based creatures that to some extent we cannot know what we cannot name. And so we assume it isn't real. We refer to it with catch-all terms, like crazy or chronic pain, terms that both ostracise and minimise. The term chronic pain captures nothing of the grinding, constant, ceaseless, inescapable hurt. And the term crazy arrives at us with none of the terror and worry you live with.”
John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

Pip Williams
“Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, they serve to control or isolate us.”
Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

Sanober  Khan
“Words
are powerful
forces of nature.

they are destruction.
they are nourishment.
they are flesh.
they are water.
they are flowers
and bone.

they burn. they cleanse
they erase. they etch.

they can either
leave you
feeling
homeless

or brimming
with home.”
Sanober Khan

Bruce Lee
“Don't speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn't know the difference. Words are energy and they cast spells, that's why it's called spelling. Change the way you speak about yourself, and you can change your life.”
Bruce Lee

Diana Rose Morcilla
“Your life is a movie. You are the main character. You say your scripts and act to your lines. Of course you do your lines in each scene. There is a hidden camera and a director who you can ask for help anytime up above.”
Happy Positivity

Wayne Gerard Trotman
“Imagine how many suicide victims would still be with us, if only the right person said the right thing at the right time.”
Wayne Gerard Trotman

Natsume Sōseki
“Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.”
Natsume Soseki

Samantha Hunt
“If one word can mean so many things at the same time then I don't see why I can't.”
Samantha Hunt, The Seas

Lori Handeland
“Words have power," Isaac answered. Words begin and end wars. They create and destroy families. They break hearts. They heal them. If you have the right words, there's nothin on earth you can't do."

- Crave the Moon”
Lori Handeland, Crave the Moon

Emma Paul
“Those who hate, are merely wallowing in self pity. Those who lie about someone to destroy his or her spirit, are simply trying to hide their fragile egos.”
Emma Paul

Nora Roberts
“Words have magic. Spells and curses. Some of them, the best of them, once said change everything.”
Nora Roberts, Jewels of the Sun

Philip K. Dick
“I've always told people that for each person there is a sentence--a series of words--which has the power to destroy him. When Fat told me about Leon Stone I realized (this came years after the first realization) that another sentence exists, another series of words, which will heal the person. If you're lucky you will get the second; but you can be certain of getting the first: that is the way it works.”
Philip K. Dick, VALIS

Chloe Thurlow
“Words have a taste, sweet but subtle, like dark chocolate; the scent of old bookshops; a flamenco rhythm; the feeling of the rain on your face on sunny days. Words are cruel and spiteful sometimes, wise and loving at others.”
Chloe Thurlow, Katie in Love

Emma Paul
“Pathetic is when you assume the worst, because you are incapable of thinking beyond your own mental capacity.”
Emma Paul

Alex Morritt
“In the absence of a formally agreed, worldwide dictionary definition of 'Quotography' (in 2016), here are my two cents worth: 'Quotography is the art of pairing unique quotations with complementary images in order to express thought-provoking ideas, challenging concepts, profound sentiments'.”
Alex Morritt, Lines & Lenses

Bangambiki Habyarimana
“You don't need to kill with a sword, the tongue can do equally a better job and police will not knock on your door”
Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

When a man finds the right woman, there will appear a black hole to remove
“When a man finds the right woman, there will appear a black hole to remove any and everything negative in his life. Once this task is complete and he's in her presence for the very first time thereafter, there will form in him a natural inclination to scream FUCK THE WORLD. And it is not just because she's near him. Her proximity to him gives him proof that she herself is alive and well in the universe itself.”
A.K. Kuykendall

T. Kingfisher
“The whole world is made of words," said Marguerite irritably. "Treaties and contracts and secrets and laws are nothing but words, but everything runs on them. Of course they've got power.”
T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith

Rohit Dharupta
“Words hurt, but when written on paper and shoved in your face, they leave a scar.”
Rohit Dharupta, Disorder of the World

Craig Froman
“A screaming silence surrounds us. The waves claw the shore in hushed strokes. My words claw at my throat. “In silent words, you speak so much.”
“And you, though you speak volumes, say precious little. Don’t you know that words are actors set in motion, and you are the playwright. They can create a mood of harmony or destroy peace in violent isolation. Words are civilians or soldiers; artists or autocrats; worshippers or pagans. They make you rich or sell you into poverty. Master them and you rule, or be mastered by them and serve.” She pauses as if in reflection.
“Words can sway the masses; words can sway your own soul.”
Craig Froman, An owl on the moon: A journal from the edge of darkness

“It’s going to be a beautiful story when you tell it. When I tell it. When we tell it.”
Niedria Kenny

“The words to say to make someone leave, or stay, are incredibly unpredictable.”
Mr. Joshua Shaw, I Took a Plane to Die in Denver

Robin S. Baker
“What I want is mine as soon as I claim it to be.”
Robin S. Baker

“Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures.”
Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

Jasmine Farrell
“A cedar wand wields an unassuming power.
Capturing impossible by its strength.
The embedded granite alchemizes something serious.”
Jasmine Farrell, Rising From The Roots

Molly Collier
“He wondered at the damage such simple words could do when there was no love behind them. Then he wondered how many kind words it would take to repair a lifetime of such damage.”
Molly Collier, The Paragon

Aegelis
“Words could mean nothing or they could change someone for eternity.”
Aegelis

Sarah Beth Durst
“Terlu said. “Words matter.” The right words could heal shattered glass. And hearts. And families. And lives.”
Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

Pip Williams
“The slip was writhing.
I reached in to rescue it, even as the brown paper charred and the letters written on it turned to shadows. I thought I might hold it like an oak leaf, faded and winter-crisp, but when I wrapped my fingers around the word, it shattered.”
Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

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