“Where do the words go
when we have said them?”
Source: Procedures For Underground
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Canadian writer 1939Related quotes
“That's where we have to go," said Kestrel, looking at the mountain. "Into the fire.”
Source: The "Wind on Fire" Trilogy (2000-2003), The Wind Singer (Book 1), p. 265

2000s, 2008, First Speech As London Mayor (May 3, 2008)

“Words cannot always do the work we need them to. Music is there for when words fail us.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?”

On an interview on The O'Reilly Factor (6 February 2016)
2010s, 2016, February