“Concering the power of the written word”

“Things spoken can be forgotten and forgiven, but the written word has the power to change the course of history, to alter our lives.”

“They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers.”

“Everyone wanted to create his own history. There was nothing as powerful as the written word; history had taught them all that much.”

“The only source of my power are the pages you hold and the words written thereon. As you read them, I hope the magic starts to work between my words and your imagination.”

“To care about words, to have a stake in what is written, to believe in the power of books - this overwhelms the rest, and beside it one's life becomes very small.”