“I believe the word used wrongly distorts the world.”
“Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.”
“The truth is not distorted here, but rather a distortion is used to get at truth.”
“The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.”
“The world was full of waistrels and waifs, sycophants and spies - all of whom put words to the wrong use, who made everything that was said or written suspect”
“As soon as we start putting our thoughts into words and sentences everything gets distorted, language is just no damn good—I use it because I have to, but I don’t put any trust in it. We never understand each other.”