A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. ~Charles Peguy

I like this quote because it differentiates context and style to alter the essence of a word or group of words. We can use any word any way any of us want.
At Meg's suggestion, last night I began to read The All of it, by Jeannette Haien, and am rolling along with this pithy little gem. It is cannily written and has a tension you can almost chew. I cannot wait to get back to it.