Language Quote by Melanie Benjamin

“I have heard no word of my own language; I am rendered dumb.”

— David Malouf

“My French was neither good nor bad. I had enough to understand what people said to me, but speaking was difficult, and there were…

— Anonymous

“It hurt, [...], in a way language could not touch.”

— John Green

“German wasn’t good for conversation because you had to wait to the end of the sentence for the verb, and so couldn’t interrupt.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“I was not too impressed with human language; it seemed absurdly limited. There was so much that couldn’t be put into words. That was…

— Alexandra Adornetto

“To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.”

— Socrates

“Learning a language happens in stages, and the first breakthrough is a limited understanding. Somehow the words began to make sense; I could not…

— Vicki Archer

“Because sometimes words were so pitifully inadequate, and I knew that, but I had to try anyway.”

— Jenny Han

“There is something real signified by that word ‘just’ that proper language won’t acknowledge. It’s a little like the German ge-. I regret that…

— Marilynne Robinson

“The words hurt my throat a little – probably because I was swallowing my pride, and it didn’t taste so great.”

— Emma Winters

“I wanted to feel those words in my mouth as I spoke them aloud. Words could be like food - they felt like something…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“a class of fancies of exquisite delicacy which are not thoughts, and to which as yet I have found it absolutely impossible to adapt…

— Mervin Miller