Respect Quote by Oscar Wilde

“It continues to impress me how fluently Americans, even immigrants like her, speak of their achievements.”

— Olivia Sudjic

“common language was a wonderful idea, but utterly utopian. All good ideas were, she said sadly.”

— Kate Atkinson

“You speak very good English for an American.”

— Nico

“she likes the sound of languages other than English.”

— Ken Liu

“She invented her own language to say what everyone else could only feel.”

— Hannah Kent

“That wasn't English she was speaking: it was the language of diplomacy.”

— Kevin Hearne

“I smiled to myself, thinking of America, measuring her against the other girls. She was pretty, if a bit rough on the edges. It…

— Kiera Cass

“This woman is American, but she speaks with no regional accent. She could be from anywhere. She could be anyone.”

— Chris Pavone

“So she did the English thing. She changed the subject.”

— Steve Hockensmith

“She had noticed that there was a tendency on the part of some Americans to believe that everybody, deep inside, wanted to live in…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Her life seemed to her a great engineering work scarcely begun. Lately more excavation than construction had occurred. She had lost a sense of…

— Marge Piercy

“Her attachment to language was earthy, physical, and immediate. Pretty words you could eat.”

— Elizabeth Winder