Rita Mae Brown Quotes About Language
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Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian languages - the language is dead. Language takes two and their multiples.
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I love literature, the English language and storytelling. I also have thirty horses and seventy foxhounds to feed.
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English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.
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I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language and to scan.
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Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
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Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.
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