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The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
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.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want read more
People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is to see you fall.
I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp read more
I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp language, elegant as ruffling taffeta.
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain read more
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language read more
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
