Answer:
I'm sometimes white and always wrong. I can break a heart and hurt the strong. I can build love or tear it down. I can make a smile or bring a frown.
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.
What can't you see, hear or feel, until its too late. What shadows love, and shopkeepers hate?
Different lights do make me strange, thus into different sizes I will change.
What is the freedom of birds and the pen of old men?
If itβs information you seek, come and see me. If itβs pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three. What am I?