Words are beautiful things.

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"I love it that as a writer 

you work with the poetry 

and music of words. 

Words are as wild as rocky peaks. 

They're as smooth as a millpond 

and as sunny as a day in a meadow. 

Words are beautiful things. 

Every word matters."

~ Brian Jacques, 

in The Wand in the Word: 

Conversations with Writers of Fantasy

I was reading The Wand in the Word (compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus) the other night and this quote jumped out at me.  I love Brian Jacques's description of writing! Words are beautiful things.