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"The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language."
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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."
"English is not merely a language anymore, it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world."
"He is forced to coin words himself, and, taking his pain in one hand, and a lump of pure sound in the other (as perhaps the people of Babel did in the beginning), so to crush them together that a brand new word in the end drops out."
"Aye, aye, that's the way wi' thee: thee allays makes a peck o' thy own words out o' a pint o' the Bible's."
"It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word."
"Words are the fallen ruins of silent majesty."
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"Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year."
"I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination which is conceiving it."
"I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I would be an AB in English."
"I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then."
"When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship."
"My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano."
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