Breathe Quote by Adam Gopnik

We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second.

— Adam Gopnik

I learned Spanish as my second language from middle school through high school. I grew up volunteering at homeless shelters and tutoring kids of…

— Eric Nam

We've been speaking English as a second language so long that we've forgotten it as our first.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because…

— W. G. Sebald

Singing in second language makes you brave in a way you're not aware of. You say things in very blunt ways or direct ways.…

— Anna Ternheim

“I've noticed you only speak ghetto half of the time." - Stephanie "I'm multi-lingual," Rancher said. I followed him to the door, feeling jealous,…

— Janet Evanovich

Language development, for instance, has a critical period that begins in infancy and ends between eight years and puberty. After this critical period closes,…

— Norman Doidge

“Music is a second language to my heart.”

— Mara Arps

“Her body conveyed anger like a second language; she must have had a lot of practice”

— Sandhya Menon

People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.

— Stephen D. Krashen

I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States with my family when I was 4. I spent most of my…

— Clara Shih

Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.

— Stephen D. Krashen