44 Quotes About Languages-and-culture

In the absence of a formally agreed, worldwide dictionary definition of 'Quotography' (in 2016), here are my two cents worth: 'Quotography is the art of pairing unique quotations with complementary images in order to express thought-provoking ideas, challenging concepts, profound sentiments'.

Fritti, too, his head full of Hushpad and Firefoot and red claws, finally crossed the borders of the dream-fields. The furry tangle of Folk drowsed and mumbled away the waning Hour of Final Dancing.

Behind the heavens,life and death, a tone,Behind the heart,a butterfly dancing,In the end everything is simple,as simple as a leaf that one holds in one’s hand,as simple as the laughter of a child.

Just as in you are what you eat, it is even more precise to say you are what you say, what you read, and what you write.

Language is a double-edged sword that can imprison or set us free.

I didn’t bring you up to speak as if your mouth were filled with sewage.

Language is the beginning and the end of what makes us human. The language we do remains alive way after we depart this world. Language is in our mothers’ first lullaby, the first time we tell someone ‘I love you’, and we often talk about the significance of someone’s last words before they died.

The geniuses of all ages and of all lands speak different languages but the same flame burns in them all. Oh, if you only knew what unearthly happiness my soul feels now from being able to understand them.

Nu limba, legile, obiceiurile sau principiile despart sau unesc ființele, ci felul identic în care țin cuțitul și furculița.