“Words are events, they do things, change things.
They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and
amplify it.
“They feed understanding or emotion back and forth
and amplify it.”
—Ursula
K. Le Guin (1929-2018),
author, “Telling
Is Listening,” 2004.
• Editorial Comment: Powerful stuff, words. Use them for good.
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