“Words...have always held the dangerous power to conjure things into being.”
“Words, Isobel, have always held the dangerous power to conjure things into being. Remember that.”
“Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.”
“The most powerful thing you can give in life is a word.The most dangerous thing you can hear is a word.”
“The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed--the whole thing was absurdly beyond his desires.”
“Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.”