"Language is the net that holds thought trapped within a particular culture. But if one could only strike the ball with sufficient force, with perfect timing, it would perhaps break through the netting, continue on its course, never fall to earth, but go into orbit around the world."

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Source : David Lodge (2011). “The Campus Trilogy: Changing Places; Small World; Nice Work”, p.342, Penguin

David Lodge

#Fall Quotes #Break Through Quotes #Perfect Quotes

“Patriots don't let their nation default.”

Source : "Patriots Don’t Let Their Nation Default" by Gary Ackerman, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 3, 2011.
“I like to write about wherever I happen to be.”
“You are the only one who has to live your life.”

Source : DAVID VISCOTT (1971). “FEEL FREE”
“Those are brave men," he told Ser Balon in admiration. "Let's go kill them.”
“The NRA was one of the items that we pointed to when we added money to the labor, health and Education appropriations bill by reducing the size of the tax cut.”
“Legislatures have no right to set up an inquisition and examine into the private opinions of men. Test-laws are useless and ineffectual, unjust and tyrannical.”
“What I created got abominated.”
“To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy.”

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