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It may be that the numinous spirit of the written word does not perish and so, too, bestows life after death. — Lisa See

So it was that neither for the first time nor the last my verbal mojo, my knack for the written word, served to save my reckless ass. — Tom Robbins

The Word of God is so much broader than people are giving it credit for. Look at Proverbs, a book written on how to live. — Beth Moore

You must not pay too much attention to opinions. The written word is unalterable, and opinions are often only an expression of despair. — Franz Kafka

If loving the written word is wrong ... I don't want to be right! — Junnita Jackson

There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word. — Malala Yousafzai

All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part. — Leonardo Da Vinci

The written word can be powerful and beautiful - but films transport us to another place in a way that even the most evocative words never can. — Saoirse Ronan

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. — John Steinbeck

Every word you've ever said, is written somewhere in my mind. — Crystal Woods

All of my books are about researching. I do all the research and I give it to a writer who can put it in the written word better than I could. — Bill Wyman

Whatever may be said about the doctrine of election, it is written in the Word of God as with an iron pen, and there is no getting rid of it. — Charles Spurgeon

The written word is assumed to have been reflected upon and revised by its author, reviewed by authorities and editors. — Neil Postman

When the written and spoken word is censored, the urban landscape becomes a nation's only physical link to the past. — Ma Jian

Every word written is a victory against Death. — Michel Butor

For many things were shown,
Recorded and written down.
But what is God to do,
When His Word you do renounce? — Kari L. Greenaway

Unless you're doing Shakespeare or Chekhov ... the written word is not sacrosanct. — Alan Arkin

Get your story written, you always have the second and third draft to fix things like tense, 1st vs 3rd person, the exact right word, etc. — Andromeda Edison

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

The Spirit inspired the Word when it originally was written. Today, He uses it to illumine us, and He applies it to our souls and hearts. — R.C. Sproul

The Word of God was not written to satisfy our curiosity; it was written to # change our lives. — Howard G. Hendricks

The Epistle of our being is written with letters full of blood drained from the love of God's Word. — Sorin Cerin

The spoken word is ephemeral. The written word, eternal. A symphony, timeless. — A.E. Samaan

When a play enters my consciousness, is already a fairly well-developed fetus. I don't put down a word until the play seems ready to be written. — Edward Albee

He'd no time for reports. He suspected that about 95% of the written word was never read by anyone anyway. — Colin Dexter

Mysteries are fine things, but the written word should be preserved, intact, and free of extraneous error. — Sandra Staas

I think the written word is my first love. I was just a very imagination - centered child and a big part of that imaginary life came from reading. — Zoe Kazan

[M]ake much of the written word, and pray to God to copy his Bible in your conscience, and write a new book of his doctrine in your hearts. — Samuel Rutherford

Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me. — Christopher Hitchens

The only word in the Martian language is written phonetically:
Kay-ray-kh-kuh-ko-kex.
It means whatever you want it to mean. — Blaise Cendrars

Remember, a word is an invention, a symbol for an idea. Written text began as an artistic representation of a thought or event. — Edward J. Fraughton

Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word ... but words that flew through the air: jokes, riddles, puns. — James Howe

The sun was like a word written between the sea and the sky, a word that was swallowed up by the sea before any man had time to read it. — Stella Benson

The written word might as well have been my veins, and ink my blood. — Ronnell D. Porter

I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all. — Oriana Fallaci

I want God's Word written on my heart so that my life reflects a close walk with God. — Janet Pope

I don't read a word that's written about me. I don't read my own interviews. I don't read reviews. I think it would drive me insane. — Sarah Ruhl

Every word, every phrase, wants to be in a sentence, when it is written for you. — M.F. Moonzajer

Every sword that was dripping the blood became a pen. Every word that was written in it became a poetry. — Akshay Vasu

It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade. — Hugh Mackay

Richard Burton had a tremendous passion for the English language, especially the spoken and written word — Frank Bough

When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. — John F. Kennedy

I definitely believe in the energy of the set and the energy of the actor, way more than your written word. — Mike Mills

She's read every word I've written," he said. "That's the truest way to know someone's heart. — Adam Johnson

I have never written a word that did not come from my heart. I never shall. — Nellie Bly

I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money. — Brian Wilson

The written word is the choicest of relics. — Henry David Thoreau

Never before had I been offered a contract and advance before a word had been written ... I went home and began writing 'Julie of the Wolves.' — Jean Craighead George

When you are mute, you become a good listener - it's all one-way. You appreciate the written word. You appreciate the sound. — James Earl Jones

Calvaryites are sometimes a little too heavily oriented to the written Word. — John Wimber

Cherish the Written Word! — John Fioravanti

When you come to rely on the written word, it's time to light the fire with it. — K.J. Parker

Can't is the worst word that's written or spoken. — Edgar A. Guest

The written word still enjoyed a certain prestige here. It was a sluggish country. — William Gibson

Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders of the written word. — Louise Penny

My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel
it is, before all, to make you see. — Joseph Conrad

You won't forget that," Claire assured her.
"I like things written down," Tabitha mumbled. "Then you've got them for good. — Margaret Mahy

The joy is is in the written word — A.C. Gaughen

The human genome is a life written in a book where every word has been written before. A story endlessly rehearsed. — Johnny Rich

The girl who'd written volumes on the walls but never said a word. — Sarah Ockler

The spoken word is nothing. It hardly lives longer than an insect! Only the written word is eternal. - Balbulus — Cornelia Funke

Perhaps our deepest love is already inscribed within us, so its object doesn't create a new word but instead allows us to read the one written. — Anthony Marra

The true word of God is written in our heart. — KRS-One

My Dear Reader Chum, a very hearty hello to you. What an honour and privilege it is to have you perusing my written word. — Miranda Hart

The written word is a powerful thing, you have to be careful with it. - Silvertongue — Cornelia Funke

Take God's word literally for what is written - nothing less or nothing more. — Valencia Mackie

I believe the Bible to be the written Word of God and to contain in it the whole rule of faith and manners. — Robert Treat Paine

This experiment succeeds especially well, we think, if the letters written on the board form by their ensemble one single word. — Anonymous

The word love has always tasted like the scent of fresh ink and soft paper to me. Like a newly written poem. — Megan Hart

Writing is like breathing. Each written word is like exhaling and each pause is like inhaling as the next thought speedily arrives. — Lynn M. Dixon

All epoch-making revolutionary events have been produced not by the written, but by the spoken word. — Adolf Hitler

God will never - never - lead you to do something that is contrary to His written Word, the Bible. — Billy Graham

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally. — Alicia Keys

The written word has this advantage, that it lasts and can await the time when it is allowed to take effect. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Even if the script's well written there's something about the life of an improvisation that resonates better than a written word, sometimes. — John Travolta

The written word is greatest sacred documentation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Hope is the Word which God has written on the brow of every man. — Victor Hugo

The Word of God we read is written not so much with ink as with the blood of the Son of God; or — John Calvin

'Success' is a seductive word. Thousands of books have been written on the subject. They promise money, freedom, leisure, and luxury. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe. — Nikolai Gogol

Don't test God's truth by the "many books" written by men; test men's books by the truth of God's Word. Yes, — Warren W. Wiersbe

I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me. — Michel Foucault

Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me. — Franz Kafka

Learning to read is one of the most extraordinary gifts you'll ever receive, so open up God's Word and read the most extraordinary book ever written. — J.E.B. Spredemann

It is certainly the demiurge about whom Stenger and Dawkins write; neither has actually ever written a word about God. — David Bentley Hart

Sometimes, when it is going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a fetish for stationary. — David Nicholls

I love the written word; I love when someone takes the time or leaves you a note or sends a letter. — Sandra Bullock

Not if he wanted to be able to look at himself in the mirror in the morning without seeing the word asshole written across his forehead. — Bella Andre

She was the book that was not written. The sentence that was not scripted. She was the word you wished you could have said. — Lang Leav

For no word can be written without first having been seen — Paul Auster

I feel the written word, poetry and literature is just one of the most beautiful things that human beings do. So we have to fight for it. — Helen Mirren

God has written us a book, and now we have the opportunity to respond with our words and actions. — Jared Brock

The written word is everything. — John Drinkwater

The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily. — Walter Moers

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word. — Laura Linney

Every word written is a net to catch the word that has escaped. — Jeanette Winterson

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

There is nothing quite so beautiful as the written word -worn as a jewel, adorning the segmented lines of papyrus". — Gerald Mills

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. — Sydney Smith

Just as the Bible is God's written Word, so Jesus is God's living Word. — Billy Graham