Words

... words not only convey something, but are something; ... words have color, depth, texture of their own, and the power to evoke vastly more than they mean; ... words can be used not merely to make things clear, make things vivid, make things interesting and whatever else, but to make things happen inside the one who reads them or hears them. (Frederick Buechner, Listening To Your Life, 17 January) 17 March 2013