Alcohol Quote by Anaïs Nin

“What kind of a world do we live in that has room for dog yoga but not for Esperanto?”

— Arika Okrent

“Now no one is going to make you talk--possibly no one can. But bear in mind, language is man's way of communicating with his…

— Maya Angelou

“Language is like poppies. It just takes something to churn the earth round them up, and when it does up come the sleeping words,…

— Ali Smith

“When he had gone only a short distance, he realized that, while they were erecting the stall, one of them had spoken Arabic and…

— Paulo Coelho

“A language so beautiful and lethal My mouth bleeds when I speak it.—”

— Gwendolyn MacEwen

“There are a lot of human experiences that challenge the limits of our language,”

— Ava Dellaira

“We need no language to laugh”

— Janaki Sooriyarachchi

“Too many people are too angry about language too much of the time. This time could be better spent listening, learning, and enjoying the…

— Robert Lane Greene

“and he is forbidden the knowledge of foreign languages. If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar…

— George Orwell

“Curious how these early linguistic abilities are so fragile, how unthinkingly and easily the brain lets them go.”

— William Boyd

“Languages are like beings: they thrive, take a dive, and need care to survive.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“as if languagelessness was a step up, in evolution, from the chatter of consciousness.”

— Sharon Olds