“Was there a language of loss? Did everyone who suffered speak a different dialect?”
“All women speak two languages: the language of men and the language of silent suffering. Some women speak a third, the language of queens.”
“See, that’s the difference,” Mauvin said. “I suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.”
“That’s what I like about sports. No matter if everyone playing the game speaks completely different languages, on the field, or the court, wherever they are playing, the language of moves and passes and scores is all the same. Universal.”
“Why doesn't everyone speak the same language?”
“A language is a dialect that has an army and a navy.”