“Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write.”
Suzanne Collins (1962) American television writer and novelist
“We will not be penned in even a giant's pen. We fly!”
Captain Roadstrum, Ch. 2
Space Chantey (1968)
Context: There are skies we have not seen yet! There are whole realms still unvisited by us. We will not be penned in even a giant's pen. We fly!
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Qui plume a, guerre a.
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This remark also appears in a letter to Marie-Louise Denis (22 May 1752): To hold a pen is to be at war. This world is one vast temple consecrated to discord [Qui plume a, guerre a. Ce monde est un vaste temple dédié à la discorde].
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