“No tongue can tell Your secretfor the measure of the word obscures Your nature.But the gift of the earis that it hearswhat the tongue cannot tell.”
“Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.”
“I tell you this, and I tell you plainWhat you have done, you will do againYou will bite your tongue, careful or notUpon the already-bitten spot”
“give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. my name makes you want to tell me the truth. my name doesn’t allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.”
“Unlike written words which can mend those leaving the tip of your tongue never bend.”
“You've got the words to change a nationbut you're biting your tongue”