We read and discuss and write literature, but why?
Because we believe that words have power; sometimes they have a power in and of themselves, and other times the only power words have is what we give them. At times, who speaks certain words is crucial to their meaning and to how they are understood, such as prophets and apostles. Other times, it is the words alone that prompt us into action. For example: "These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Who wrote those words? Thomas Paine. Even if you didn't know that, you recognized those words because they catapulted the colonies to revolutionary action.
Words can touch people. Words can change people. What words have changed you?
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