“If you love language, it will love you back.”

“The ultimate evil is the weakness, cowardice, that is one of the constituentsof so much human nature. When, rarely, unalloyed nobility does occur, itschances of prevailing are slim. Yet it exists, and its mere existence is reasonenough for not wiping the name of mankind off the slate.”

“Be as intellectual as you like about it, but India is brilliantly mad. And if you want to love it, you have to hate it first.”

“Sure it hurts, but if you love someone, you forgive them." BlancheSomethings you forgive, somethings you never forgive." Kate”

“Some people never say the words ‘I love you’. It’s not their style to be so bold. Some people never say those words: ‘I love you’ But, like a child, they’re longing to be told”

“Language is like looking at a map of somewhere. Love is living there and surviving on the land. ”

“Language allows us to reach out to people, to touch them with our innermost fears, hopes, disappointments, victories. To reach out to people we'll never meet.It's the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones:The history of how you felt.”