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Language is memory and metaphor.
Language is memory and metaphor.
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.
To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.
To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.
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
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.
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.
Language is fossil poetry.
Language is fossil poetry.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
