"Language follows its own path. It can bridge gulfs of class and geography in the most remarkable ways."

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Source : Robert McCrum, William Cran, Robert MacNeil (2003). “The Story of English”, Penguin Group USA

Robert McCrum

#Bridges Quotes #Class Quotes #Way Quotes

“Man is not an aquatic animal, but from the time we stand in youthful wonder beside a Spring brook till we sit in old age and watch the endless roll of the sea, we feel a strong kinship with the waters of this world.”
“In our decrees, it is definitely proclaimed that religion is a question for the private individual; but whilst opportunists tended to see in these words the meaning that the state would adopt the policy of folded arms, the Marxian revolutionary recognizes the duty of the state to lead a most resolute struggle against religion by means of ideological influences on the proletarian masses.”
“Basically painting is total idiocy.”
“You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.”

Source : Tasha Alexander (2013). “A Fatal Waltz”, p.163, Hachette UK
“This world of ours is piled high with farewells and goodbyes of so many different kinds, like the evening sky renewing itself again and again from one instant to the next-and I didnâ€™t want to forget a single one.”
“Good necessitates evil and the two sides of that disk are not always clearly marked.”
“Find me a servant who admires his Master and you will have found two good men.”
“You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.”

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