Quote by Geoff Ryman Download Open image ““He might as well have been talking English, for all Mae understood him.”” — Geoff Ryman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“She spoke to him in a language that, no matter how hard you studied it, could not be completely understood.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“And that’s why he liked her, and loved her. She spoke to him in a language that, no matter how hard you studied it,… — John Green Copy Share Image
“He knew enough of their language to understand her words. But speaking” — Mark Wayne McGinnis Copy Share Image
“Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language.” — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
“He had always been too English; by which he supposed he meant that he was ordinary.” — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“He quite liked the English. They tended to say sorry a lot, which was quite understandable given their heritage and the crimes of their… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Here I'd been thinking that just because someone spoke English we'd understand each other. But I guess there are languages within languages, and those… — Christopher Barzak Copy Share Image
“It's just that we shared a certain language, and when she talked to me about her past, I understood her without having to ask… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Anyone who wishes to be understood had better be sure he has made himself intelligible.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“He spoke in english. Not flawlessly by any means. Not like a Nazi POW camp commandant who appreciates english poetry and says things like… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
“Indeed, in many respects, she was quite English, and was an excellent example of the fact that we have really everything in common with… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“She saw the children. They have been given viruses to educate them. From three weeks old they could speak and do basic arithmetic. By… — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
“There is no man so unsuited for the task of speaking about memory as I am, for I find scarcely a trace of it… — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
“Once there was a dictator. He drove millions to various kinds of deaths, by war, in prison, or simply in harsh deserts farming their lives away. He destroyed temples, burned books, and ruined the art of calligraphy. He wrote terrible poetry and forced everyone to learn it, so destroying the literary taste of one quarter of humanity. He remained a… — Geoff Ryman Copy Share
“In the silence, nothing was fragmented. There were no separate strands to gather together, to fumble, to complete for attention. In the silence, all… — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
Literature for me… tries to heal the harm done by stories. (How much harm? Most of the atrocities of history have been created by stories, e.g., the Jews killed Jesus.) I follow Sartre that the freedom the author claims for herself must be shared with the reader. So that would mean that literature is stories that put themselves at the… — Geoff Ryman Copy Share
“William has learned in his bones that survival takes the form of other people. They must know you, and for that to happen you… — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
“You always use that word "remember",' said Milena. 'You say, "remember, team". You never tell us to think.” — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
“Tyranny is a form of perversion. We come to love it. Every government is a tyranny to a degree, and the more evil it… — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
“The music comes out of the silence. I don't mind if it goes back in. We come out of the silence...” — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
In a sense who you are has always been a story that you told to yourself. Now your self is a story that you… — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
“It is necessary to distinguish between history and fantasy wherever possible. And then use them against each other.” — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
