Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

Language is fossil poetry.

Language is fossil poetry.

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk read more

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

What if you could be anything, or anybody, you chose to be? Think about it. What would you choose to read more

What if you could be anything, or anybody, you chose to be? Think about it. What would you choose to be?

I think-therefore I'm single

I think-therefore I'm single

Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

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.