2,489 Quotes About Language

The way people want to get respect for their culture and language, it is critical to reciprocate the same to other else you don't have any right to condemn others

Since language is the only tool with which writers can reflect and shape a culture, it must be transformed into art. Language is not a limitation on the art of literature; it is a glorification. It has been the scaffolding inside which nations and philosophies have been built, and the language of literature has added the ornamental pediment by which the culture is remembered.

No soy coreano, ni japonés, soy un nómada desarraigado," he muttered."Huh?""It's Spanish. I always wanted to be a Spaniard."I didn't reply."But it didn't work out. Turns out, it wasn't just about speaking the language.""Language has everything to do with your identity--""In theory maybe," he said, cutting me off. "But we live in circumstances that can't always be explained away by logic. You'll understand someday.

Those who don't belong to any specific place can't, in fact, return anywhere. The concepts of exile and return imply a point of origin, a homeland. Without a homeland and without a true mother tongue, I wander the world, even at my desk. In the end I realise that it wasn't a true exile: far from it. I am exiled even from the definition of exile.

A translator must, of course, be an interpreter of cultures.

Owning Languages, Owning identities.

Lewis is like a gateway, making the riches of Deep Church more accessible.

Language was a kind of passport. You could go where you like if you had a clean record. p.155

Wisely the Hebrews admit no Present tense in their language;While we are speaking the word, it is is already the Past.