The denial of language is a suicidal one and we pay for it with our own lives.

This was before voice mail, recorded phone messages you can't escape. Life was easier then. You just didn't pick up the phone.

Because nothing between human beings is uncomplicated and there's no way to speak of human beings without simplifying and misrepresenting them.

Perhaps the inevitable tragedy of our complex civilization is that we must be specialists in our fields - and our fields have become increasingly difficult, so that communication is nearly impossible.

One of the large consolations for experiencing anything unpleasant is the knowledge that one can communicate it.