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Language Quotes by Jay Griffiths
- Children say they are unhappy in every language they have. They say it in silence, and they say it in riots.
- Human language is lit with animal life: we play cats-cradle or have hare-brained ideas; we speak of badgering, or outfoxing someone; to squirrel something away…
- Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even under the worst…
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