"The written word may be man's greatest..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn.
More by Abraham Lincoln
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”
“His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.”
“We have all heard of Young America. He is the most current youth of the age. Some think him conceited, and arrogant; but has he not reason to entertain a rather extensive opinion of himself? Is he not the inventor and owner of the present, and sole hope of the future?”
More on Books
“If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free”
“The permanence of all books is fixed by no effort friendly or hostile, but by their own specific gravity, or the intrinsic importance of their contents to the constant mind of man.”
“Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.”
More on Writing
“Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about.”
“The illusion is an agreement between the reader and writer that this [story] will be like life. The emotional temperature drops when you have footnotes.”
“I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced. I have the urge to cut the book by fifty pages or so, possessed as I am with a keener appreciation for brevity.”