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

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

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes, and thanks to words, we have sunk to read more

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes, and thanks to words, we have sunk to the level of the demons.

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their read more

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.

The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.

The coldest word was once a glowing new 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.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.