#age

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#language

The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#words #language

Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#senses #language

The menu is not the meal. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#metaphysics #names #nominalism #philosophy #power-of-words

I have no words. Sixteen languages, but no words. -Vishous ↗

— J.R. Ward

#jr-ward #vishous #language

Gone. The saddest word in the language. In any language. ↗

— Mark Slouka

#loss #words #language

Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words? ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#language

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there are other ways to understanding. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#language #words #language

A friend is someone whose face you can see in the dark. ↗

— Frances O'Roark Dowell

#real #relationships #language

When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all. ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#language