Language Quote by Jerzy Kosiński

“If colons and semicolons give themselves airs and graces, at least they also confer airs and graces that the language would be lost without.”

— Lynne Truss

If language is lost, humanity is lost. If writing is lost, certain kinds of civilization and society are lost, but many other kinds remain…

— Robert Bringhurst

Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?

— Melina Marchetta

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.

— Samuel Johnson

“Lovers have a language that can be lost--how to speak, how to touch, when to try.”

— Parke Godwin

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations

— Samuel Johnson

“It was herself she was exhausted by. She had lost the ability to keep her discrete worlds discrete—a skill that many consider to be…

— Arundhati Roy

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms.

— Joni Mitchell

once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied

— Mitch Albom

“He explained how once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied. There was always a quest for more…

— Mitch Albom

“Davos has become the emblem of a global elite that has lost its ability to listen.”

— Edward Luce

A person who is insane has no sense of their place; they've lost that ability, which our friend don Juan describes as the tonal.

— Frederick Lenz