The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

"And little he knew of the things ink may do, how it can mark a dead man's thoughts for later years, and tell of happenings that are gone clean away, and be a voice for us out of the dark of time, and save many a fragile thing from the pounding of heavy ages; or carry us, over the rolling centuries, even a song from lips long dead on forgotten hills."
--Lord Dunsany