Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
—
Nathaniel Hawthorne
(saw this printed on a Papemelroti product while browsing through the shop’s paper-crafts. I was about to jot it down on my phone when the saleslady sweetly pointed out the “No Texting” sign. So I had to look for it in the Net.)
(Source: brainyquote.com)