Quill pen
A pen cut from a feather — an old slow writing instrument that requires care at every line.
A quill pen in a dream is the dream's image of an old slow writing instrument that requires care at every line. The quill needs dipping, holds little ink, and gives a different line depending on how the hand presses. The dream brings the quill when something in your life — a letter that has to be written by hand, a piece of careful expression, a personal text addressed to one specific reader — is being made with a tool that does not allow hurry. A quill used with patience and a clean page is the dream affirming the careful writing. A quill broken on the page mid-word, the ink blotting, is the dream noting that the patient instrument was pushed at a speed it was not built for, and what was being said has been spoiled in the saying.