The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

He has strangled
His language in his tears.

He has strangled
His language in his tears.

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies read more

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.