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 GloveI should think a dead language would be rather boring, socially speaking.
Snooze: A Story of AwakeningThe ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language.
Slouching Towards BethlehemHe had existed for a long time and was fluent in many languages - most of them…dead ones.
Longinus the Vampire