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?

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.

Language is memory and metaphor.

Language is memory and metaphor.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

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.

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.

The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.