Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est read more

Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est l'ame du discours, il lui donne le sentiment
et la verite.]

Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.

Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some read more

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

Language is memory and metaphor.

Language is memory and metaphor.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

I speak two languages, Body and English.

I speak two languages, Body and English.