"Language has time as its element, all other media have space as their element."

Language, Time, Communication, Expression

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"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Language, English, Example, Lady, Identity

"Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Language, Behavior, Rebellion, Youth

"It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it is happening. If you are literally jumping for joy, for instance, it means you are leaping in the air because you are very happy. If you are figuratively jumping for joy, it means you are so happy that you could jump for joy, but are saving your energy for other matters."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Language, Meaning, Understanding, Communication

"Words are not static.Language shape our memories, and it is also shaped by our memories."

John Green, American Author

Language, Memory, Communication, Change

"Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper, and they cut."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Language, Metaphor, Truth, Emotion

"Although profanity is part of our language that we speak everyday, it can simultaneity be used as a weapon to demoralize other people if it is offensive within its meaning."

Saaif Alam, Indian Writer

Language, Profanity, Respect, Communication

"Language is memory and metaphor."

Storm Jameson, English Writer

Language, Memory, Metaphor

"To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Language, Practice

"English is not merely a language anymore, it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Language, Culture, Globalization, Identity

"Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

Language, Word, Meaning, Sound, Communication

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"Love is the unfathomable ground that is hidden in darkness, but the resolution is the triumphant victor who, like Orpheus, fetches the infatuation of falling in love to the light of day, for the resolution is the true form of love, the true explanation and transfiguration."

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"When indeed does the temporal suffering oppress a man most terribly? Is it not when it seems to him that it has no significance, that it neither secures nor gains anything for him? Is it not when the suffering, as the impatient man expresses it, is without meaning or purpose?"

Suffering, Meaning, Purpose, Endurance

"Be that self which one truly is."

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"Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living."

Life, Living

"How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech."

Man, Men, Thought, Freedom, Speech

"At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference."

Society, Indifference, Lies, Strangers

"The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you."

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"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."

"Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school."

"Words are not static.Language shape our memories, and it is also shaped by our memories."

"Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper, and they cut."

"Although profanity is part of our language that we speak everyday, it can simultaneity be used as a weapon to demoralize other people if it is offensive within its meaning."

"Language is memory and metaphor."

"To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery."

"English is not merely a language anymore, it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world."

"Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects."

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"Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts."

"Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays."

"Don't forget to love yourself."

"Love is the unfathomable ground that is hidden in darkness, but the resolution is the triumphant victor who, like Orpheus, fetches the infatuation of falling in love to the light of day, for the resolution is the true form of love, the true explanation and transfiguration."

"When indeed does the temporal suffering oppress a man most terribly? Is it not when it seems to him that it has no significance, that it neither secures nor gains anything for him? Is it not when the suffering, as the impatient man expresses it, is without meaning or purpose?"

"Be that self which one truly is."

"Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living."

"How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech."

"At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference."

"The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you."