To write is to assume responsibility for one's words. - Aphra Behn

"To write is to assume responsibility for one's words."

Aphra Behn Literature

Playwright Novelist English 1640–1689

More from Aphra Behn

"Love is a perfect tranquility, and nothing can disturb it but ourselves."

"I owe a duty to my God, my King, and my Country."

"The world rewards the appearance of success."

"Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."