Native language Quote by E. Randolph Richards

“But “ma’am” doesn’t translate in the North, where it just startles and offends.”

— Rob Sheffield

“Everything depends on One Word : "Maktub" !”

— Paulo Coelho

Maktub" (It is written.)

— Paulo Coelho

“Words are a homeland.”

— Mahmoud Darwish

“It was worse for Mam, who discovered on the boat she was again with child and could hardly keep any food down. But even…

— Christina Baker Kline

“English is not merely a language anymore; it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“You only community was y our family. From the world beyond your tios and primos, you were made to understand, before you could spell…

— Patricia Engel

“I saw how you looked at us,” he said. “Just like every Himba I have ever encountered, like we’re savages. You call us the…

— Nnedi Okorafor

“Stop being silly, her name is Reshidatu. It is a pity that our official language is English, and a greater pity that our three…

— S. A. David

“When out of their native province, the Galilaeans sometimes so blended or divided words as to render them unintelligible.”

— James John Courtenay

“The polyglot is a linguistic nomad.”

— Rosi Braidotti

“She ponders the transmigrations from southern latitudes. the millions moving north. What happens to their languages? The warm burial grounds they leave behind? What…

— Cristina García