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Power Of Language

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Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names.

Toni Morrison

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The mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that “w-a-t-e-r” meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, joy, set it free!

Helen Keller

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The Prison-House of Language

Frederic Jameson

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It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth, without making some other Englishman hate or despise him; English is not accessible even to Englishmen.

George Bernard Shaw

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Syllables govern the world.

John Selden

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I who am poisoned with the blood of both,
Where shall I turn, divided to the vein?
I who have cursed
The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?

Derek Walcott

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