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November 9, 2016 3 Comments

Mary Pipher quote: Writers can unite people or divide them

Writers can unite people or divide them.

Let’s use our words well to inspire a kinder, fairer, more beautiful world. Let’s be part of the clean-up team.

"Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human community. Writers are either polluters or part of the clean-up team. Just as the language of power and greed has the potential to destroy us the language of reason and empathy has the power to save us. Writers can inspire a kinder, fairer, more beautiful world, or incite selfishness, stereotyping, and violence. Writers can unite people or divide them." -- Mary Pipher, Writing to Change the World

“Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human community. Writers are either polluters or part of the clean-up team. Just as the language of power and greed has the potential to destroy us the language of reason and empathy has the power to save us. Writers can inspire a kinder, fairer, more beautiful world, or incite selfishness, stereotyping, and violence. Writers can unite people or divide them.”

— Mary Pipher, Writing to Change the World

Source: Pipher, Mary. Writing to Change the World. New York: Riverhead Books, 2006. Print. [p. 14]

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  1. Kathy Steinemann says

    November 11, 2016 at 10:21 pm

    Timely quote, Ann, considering the unrest and division in the United States right now. Unfortunately, too many writers are using this as an opportunity to stand on virtual soapboxes and espouse politics. Would you like to run for POTUS next term? 🙂

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    • Ann Kroeker says

      November 11, 2016 at 10:55 pm

      Thanks, Kathy! I appreciate you stopping by–I look forward to learning more about you and your writing.

      You might enjoy seeing some recent posts that I think use words well at a tense time. Consider these two recent posts at Tweetspeak Poetry:

      http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2016/11/09/memoir-notebook-courtyard-queens/

      http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2016/11/11/veterans-day-healing-power-poetry-art/

      As an author, I’m sure you have seen how you can use your skills to encourage unity. I hope you offer those gifts, as I try to, as well. I’ll write, but I won’t be running for POTUS. 🙂

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  2. Syed Mustafa Shah says

    May 24, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    Without using any language society can run smoothly. Gesturing and mental language can also perform a good job in this context. War has no language but it destroy all that comes on the way. Poverty has no language but kills millions.

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