““The sounds aren’t where the meaning lives. […] Their language is organised noise, like all of ours are, but for them each word is a funnel. Where to us each word means something, to the Hosts, each is an opening. A door, through which the thought of that referent, the thought itself that reached for that word, can be seen. […] When they speak they do hear the soul in each voice. That’s how the meaning lives there. The words have got . . .” He shook his head, hesitating, then just using that religiose term. “Got the soul in them. And it has to be there, the meaning. Has to be true to be Language.””
![“The sounds aren’t where the meaning lives. […] Their language is organised noise, like all of ours are, but for them each word is a funnel. Where to us each word means something, to the Hosts, each is an opening. A door, through which the thought of that referent, the thought itself that reached…” quote by China Miéville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/feb/china-mi-ville-1303_spirituality_the-sounds-aren-t-where-the-meaning-live_2090127.jpg)
![“[...], the soul of man lives in his language.” quote by Anouar Majid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/75c/anouar-majid-44142_language_the-soul-of-man-lives-in-his-language-13_1341899.jpg)
