Quote by Terry Pratchett

“They sensed that nothing needed to be said. In silence, minds understand each other.”

— Georges Rodenbach

“Language exists to conceal true thought.”

— Charles Talleyrand

“Language is one of the principal ways that we make the invisible visible and the silent heard. Think”

— Anne-Marie Slaughter

“the conversation of the mind was truer than any language, and they knew each other better than they ever could have by use of…

— Orson Scott Card

“Words were not just words, describing things a person could see. Even if most did not. Maybe they had to know a thing first,…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Ah, those eyes," he said. "They can speak volumes, but sometimes even I cannot translate the language. And we never did invent enough signs…

— Mary Balogh

“Now if we rid our minds of the idea that our language is the translation or cipher of an original text, we shall see…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

“It was the pure Language of the World. It required no explanation, just as the universe needs none as it travels through endless time.…

— Paulo Coelho

“I wondered why humans were even given the gift of speech at all. We no longer needed it; we’ve forgotten to talk about anything.…

— Rasmenia Massoud

“Ordinary language was a form of life that needed - and permitted - nothing beyond itself. Humans were figures in a world they had…

— Anonymous

“No one could see the thoughts when the body looked normal to them. The voice wanted it to just be the two of us.…

— Rachael Rose Steil

“There is nothing like desire for preventing the things one says from bearing any resemblance to what one has in one's mind.”

— Plum Sykes