“Unlike written words which can mend those leaving the tip of your tongue never bend.”

“The needles they poke you with leaves a hole that closes in. But unkind words can make a hole that will never mend.”

“There are many things which can not be expressed by words. There are many words which can not be spelled by human tongue. There are many tongues which utter one single truth.”

“Never compare your love story to those you watch in movies. They're written by scriptwriters, yours is written by God.”

“No tongue can tell Your secretfor the measure of the word obscures Your nature.But the gift of the earis that it hearswhat the tongue cannot tell.”

“The Hoodmen are far from being the worst of the servants of the Cult of the Unwritten Book, but they are among the most peculiar. You know when you’re trying to remember a word and it’s on the tip of your tongue but you can’t seem to get it out? Well, that’s because the Hoodmen have eaten it. They eat all the words that are on the tips of other people’s tongues. They thrive on misplaced words, savoring all the lost potential of each expression. They’re also able to convert words into electricity. Mr. Steele took an entire phrase.”