“Simple English is no one’s mother tongue. It has to be worked for.”

“one can’t hold one’s tongue when one has a feeling, a tangible feeling”

“To know one’s own state is not a simple matter. One cannot look directly at one’s own face with one’s own eyes, for example. One has no choice but to look at one’s reflection in the mirror. Through experience, we come to believe that the image is correct, but that is all.”

“Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race.”

“An idle tongue is the mother of all conflicts.”

“…so many ticks steadily around the clock. My heart beats ferociously, as if to say it will not digest this leaving. But you are gone. I could never look into your tormenting eyes again. You mock me with each word you choose…. of the millions of words in the English tongue you could have chosen…you select the one’s that break me down.”