Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it.
MagicAlbus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsWhere words are scarse, they are seldome spent in vaine.
William Shakespeare in Richard IITrying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough.
Love, WritingDavid Levithan, Will Grayson, Will GraysonAfter all, only so much we can say,
words can lose their meaning, once you walk away.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Edgar Allan PoeNo matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.
ThoughtsDead Poets Society, by John KeatingLong before blades and sorcery are needed, words... can save a soul.
Yone the Unforgotten in League of LegendsWords - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Poesie, WritingNathaniel HawthorneWhen asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'
WritingStephen King in The StandWords are like swords. If you use them the wrong way, they can turn into ugly weapons.
Conan Edogawa in Case Closed (Detective Conan)That words could cause something in the world, make someone move or stop, laugh or cry: even as a child he had found it extraordinary and it never stopped impressing him. How did words do that? Wasn't it like magic?
Pascal Mercier in Night Train to LisbonAll my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.
ReadingErnest HemingwayHe who doesn't recognize the value of silence, doesn't know about the power of words.
SilencePavel KosorinThe difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
TruthMark TwainSay something worth the words.
Tracy ChevalierWords are where most change begins.
Brandon Sanderson in The Stormlight Archive - Words of RadianceWords have a way of fanning into wildfires.
Foundation, Season 1Words have a lot of power.
Juice WRLDWords are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Rudyard KiplingI loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.
WritingAnne RiceNo armies, no war, no oppression - but words have the ability to change the course of things.
PeaceFrank-Walter Steinmeier (as Foreign-Minister of Germany), February 2015You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
Talking, KindnessJoel OsteenI grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.
ReadingCaroline KennedySometimes words are harder than blows.
Zinedine ZidaneNo matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
Revolution, IdeasRobin WilliamsMy father told and taught me that 'the word can hit harder than the fist.'
Wladimir Klitschko