You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
The Fault in Our StarsWe can only think in a language that we master.
The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-MasteryWhat wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds!
Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on TourMeanwhile Bellgrove had been savouring love's rare aperitif, the ageless language of the eyes.
GormenghastLanguage itself is a major resource in the naming of what cannot be named
9/11: The Culture of CommemorationThe power of language – it can heal and build, or corrupt, poison, destroy, desecrate, annihilate…
Jackboot BritainThis, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses.
Red Glove