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

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

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.

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

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

It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear

It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear

Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.

Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.

Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.

Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.

Language helps form the limits of our reality.

Language helps form the limits of our reality.

Language is memory and metaphor.

Language is memory and metaphor.

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