Quotes of: English-literature Keyword

A teacher of mine once said there are no true synonyms.

The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

Only one English word adequately describes his transformation of the islands from worthless to priceless: magical.

Galápagos

The good thing about the aristocracy – German or English – was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought.

British Bulldog

The library refused many downloads, of course, but I succeeded with two Optimists translated from the Late English, Orwell and Huxley;

Cloud Atlas

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable.

Annie Dillard

Many European guys go to the N.H.L. at a young age, even without knowing English. But they quickly adapt to new conditions, another game, a new country. They are also young, receptive, can move mountains.

Jaromir Jagr

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.

Robert Frost

When I did 'Frantic,' I didn't have a lot of experience. My English was so bad, and I did an OK job, I think, but I was not amazing.

Emmanuelle Seigner

Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English. And so the adjustment is very difficult sometimes.

Juliette Binoche

I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.

Natasha Bedingfield

I'm English. We're about as tactful as a hot poker up the bum, most of the time.

The Antique Hunters

English is a beautiful language, a remarkably precise language with a million words to choose from to deliver your exact shade of meaning.

An Italian Affair

With one perfect kiss on one perfect English summer afternoon, we understand the meaning of all the colors of every rainbow, forevermore.

September Ends

..English teachers often take a right-wrong stance. I'd rather my students take a thinking stance.

Mechanically Inclined

The most powerful words in English are, "Tell me a story.

My Reading Life

She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read.

The Marriage Plot

English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones.

The Madness Underneath

English : Don't pity if you don't help! Indonesia: Usah kasihan jika tak bantu!

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

Laistry....I can't even say that. What would you call them in English?" "Canadians.

The Sea of Monsters

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.

A Taste for Death

Red lips are not so red as the stained stones kissed by the English dead.

The Poems Of Wilfred Owen