The written word is a double edge sword. It can inspire, educate, inform, insult or destroy.
However, it is not independent, it cannot stand by itself.
It relies on the interpretation of the reader.
Any sentence will have a different meaning to a wise man and a fool.
A book read a long time ago seems to have changed it's content if read again today.
The words did not change. But the mind did.
Hopefully.