Language is memory and metaphor.

Language is memory and metaphor.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy read more

When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.

How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.

Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!

Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!