The symbols are not the words, nor can thoughts expressed by printed words be locked on a page. Thoughts are alive and exist separate from the words that express them. Thoughts are spirits. Thoughts exist apart from printed symbols. Thoughts can be expressed by printed or spoken words, however thoughts themselves are independent of the page or voice expressing them.
True thoughts are part of eternal spirit.
False thoughts are darkness. Words and the spirit-thoughts they represent are not tangible things. One cannot put words or the spirit-thoughts they express in a basket like apples. Words and ideas are intangible things. Trees and cobblestones are tangible things.