...I wrote myself into the world.

"I made myself with words. I wrote myself into the world." -Benjamin Hale; The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore

...power to stand on its own.

"The last word that my mother ever said to me was love. She was so sick and weak and out of her head she couldn't muster the 'I' or the 'you,' but it didn't matter. That puny word has the power to stand on its own." -Sugar; Dear Sugar

...but rather the world's creation.

"But when an infant gazes into his mother's eyes and speaks a first word--even if he has no clue what it 'means'--*that* is language. The child's first word is *not* a symbol. It is not a representation, it is not a sign impregnated with abstract meaning, it is not a signifier and not a semiote. It is not a thin coating of significance painted over the surface of an a priori extant concept, suddenly revealing its definition like the act of throwing a sheet over something invisible. It is not a representation. Before a word becomes any of these things, it is simply an *act*. It is not a naming of the world, but rather the world's creation." -Benjamin Hale; The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore

...like the language you love.

"Find yourself strong and good like the language you love." -Tom Pathos Bill Johns

we must find words...

"we must find words / or burn" -Olga Broumas; Beginning with O

But if there was hope...

"But if there was hope... You had to cling to that. When you put it in words it sounded reasonable; it was when you looked at the human beings passing you on the pavement that it became an act of faith." -George Orwell; 1984

What you do speaks...

"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Time's something you made up...

" 'Time's something you made up--same as property.' 'What are you saying?' 'What are you hearing?' " -Charles de Lint; Someplace to Be Flying

They may forget what you said...

"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." -Carl W. Buechner

Kind words can be short...

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." -Mother Teresa

Words mean more...

"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes a human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning." -Maya Angela; I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Education ... has produced a vast population...

"Education ... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading." -G.M. Trevelyan

Words are the core of thought...

"Words are the core of thought. Without words there is no thought." -Sorceress of Darshiva

Reflect on your... childhood...

"Reflect on your... childhood... Your sensations... your words... your emotions... Time... it will not wait... No matter... how hard you hold on. It escapes you..." -Final Fantasy VIII

A word shapes an idea...

"A word shapes an idea, an idea shapes belief, and belief shapes the world." -Jan Siegel; Prospero's Children