Quote by Hal Duncan

“Lee said, “Remember, Mr. Hamilton, I told you I was trying to translate some old Chinese poetry into English? No, don’t worry. I won’t…

— John Steinbeck

“The further from civilization you get, the louder your whispers become.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“If we hear a Chinese we tend to take his speech for inarticulate gurgling. Someone who understands Chinese will recognize language in what he…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“If only we could always say our truths--if we could name the things that haunt us--maybe they could float up from us like the…

— Rita Zoey Chin

“Language is like poppies. It just takes something to churn the earth round them up, and when it does up come the sleeping words,…

— Ali Smith

“I am not partial to folk who are grim and austere. I prefer fanciful folk who make me laugh.”

— Jack Vance

“Both possessing remarkably rich southern drawls, words loitered on their tongues like drunken drifters when they spoke.”

— Jeffrey Stepakoff

“I should like to knock their silly heads together. What is the sense of laughing all the time? They are not saying anything funny.”

— Agatha Christie

“People shout when they don't have the vocabulary to whisper.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“...and since, human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to…

— Flaubert Gustave

“... yes I speak a different language - the dark fire of poetry - it flutters and gutters in tune with the mood ...”

— John Geddes

“There was a deep, low grumbling, groaning noise coming from deep within the forest where no grumbling, groaning noise should be heard.”

— Joni Franks