"I am under the spell of language, which has ruled me since I was 10."

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V. S. Pritchett

#Language Quotes

“You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school.”
“That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.”
“I used to hate England because they ruled my country but I am happy they gave us the game of cricket, which they can't play very well, and the English language, which I can't speak very well,”
“truth outlives pain, as the soul does life.”

Source : Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “Poetical Works”, p.451
“Did you read the part that says, 'Your hair is like a flock of goats'? How romantic is that? Or that other line, 'Your neck is like the tower of David.' Oh, now, that sounds real attractive! If some guy tried those lines on me, I'm sure I'd fall instantly in love with him.”
“The best revenge, like the best sex, is performed slowly, and with the eyes open.”
“The very first discovery of beauty strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties.”
“I sing about what a holy fool I am, and that although moments in my life are so cruel and relationships can be so cruel Iâ€™m still in love with Judas. I still go back again to those evil things,”

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