Quote by Finn Murphy

“Perhaps it doesn't understand English,”

— Lewis Carroll

“It takes a thorough knowledge of the English language to effectively abuse it.”

— Charlene Vermeulen

“It is clearly true that the reflex of disparagement is no more compatible with rigorous inquiry than the impulse to glorify.”

— Marilynne Robinson

“It does not matter what you write in English nobody has understood it anyway.”

— Santosh Kalwar

“There is no understanding Englishness without understanding its imperial and colonial dimensions.”

— Stuart Hall

“Learning English was like lifting a veil, one which would be, he'd learn, impossible to fully restore.”

— Glenn Diaz

“This is the difficulty with learning a language: not always knowing if words contain more than they say.”

— Joan Barfoot

“Some have the will of a language but lack a mouth.”

— César Calvo

“Again, the troubling gap between word and meaning. My feeble language skills could not bear the weight of such a laden experience.”

— Alison Bechdel

“The English language is under assault by stupid people who use words they don't understand, and is defended by pompous asses who like to…

— Tim Cameron

“You don’t realise how language actually interferes with communication until you don’t have it, how it gets in the way like an overdominant sense.”

— Lily King

“When you do not understand the language being spoken, you have two options. You can struggle against the isolation, or you can give yourself…

— Jodi Picoult