“...the words make our silences easier--they're the current that runs under them.” — Sue Miller Copy Share Image
Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
For each person there is a sentence—a series of words—which has the power to destroy them. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
When we mistake words for reality, we are subject to the tyranny of words. — Taitetsu Unno Copy Share Image
“My mother taught me that an important word in any language is while. while one thing is happening so is another. While… — Margaret Leis Hanna Copy Share Image
In the contexts of religion and politics, words are not regarded as standing, rather inadequately, for things and events; on the contrary… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
To somehow shrink so that you might be more comfortable is a foreign language to me. It's a trait that I've never… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If… — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program. — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
“I came to explore the wreck. / The words are purposes. / The words are maps. / I came to see the… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“She spoke to him in a language that, no matter how hard you studied it, could not be completely understood.” — John Green Copy Share Image
When the French nation gradually came into existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul, a new language was at… — Lytton Strachey Copy Share Image
“Means and Ends The purpose of a fish trap Is to catch fish, And when the fish are caught The trap is… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I put a lot of stock in the written word, and the power of it. That's what I love about acting and… — Mary-Louise Parker Copy Share Image
We find that the child who does not yet have language at his command, the child under two and a half, will… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
What does purpose mean? It means the deepest desire for our short lives to mean something. . . . To speak a… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
The Secret Language of Your Body truly is the essential guide to restore your body to its healthiest state and assist you… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
I don't want to be embarrassed when I go to see something on the screen. I don't want to listen to foul… — Debra Paget Copy Share Image
How sweet is that? I know I'm no boy expert, but I have heard entire lectures on reading body language, and I… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
Language can also be play and music and beauty and desire and grief and rage and truth without always having to be… — Ada Limon Copy Share Image
At certain moments, words are nothing; it is the tone in which they are uttered. — Paul Bourget Copy Share Image
Words make another place, a place to escape to with your spirit alone. — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
“We might have the most beautiful words and thoughts - but it's actions that count.” — Art Hochberg Copy Share Image
Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“I think about how language works so I can best explain how language works.” — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Words are good for saying what things are, but sometimes they don't function for what things aren't. — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved — Casey Miller Copy Share Image
