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.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it read more

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.

Language helps form the limits of our reality.

Language helps form the limits of our reality.

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

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

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles read more

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.