Upon Language Quotes
- You and I who read and write books have very little effect upon language. We may think about it, write about it, and read about… — Charlton Laird
- ...what I enjoy in a narrative is not directly its content or even its structure, but rather the abrasions I impose upon the fine surface:… — Roland Barthes
- The reader must come armed , in a serious state of intellectual readiness. This is not easy because he comes to the text alone. In… — Neil Postman