Language is surely too small a vessel to contain these emotions of mind and body that have somehow awakened a response in the spirit.

Quote by Radclyffe Hall

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You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people...

You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one...

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one...

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words...

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Conduct is more convincing than language

Conduct is more convincing than language

Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, the means of expression which is the simplest, most...

Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, the means of expression which is the simplest, most...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for...

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

He was one of those inexplicable gifts of nature, an artist who leaps over boundaries,...

He was one of those inexplicable gifts of nature, an artist who leaps over boundaries,...

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......