Famous quotes containing the words language and/or closely:
“Was there a little time between the invention of language and the coming of true and false?”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“It had been cold since December. Snow fell, first,
At New Year and, from then until April, lay
On everything. Now it had melted, leaving
The gray grass like a pallet, closely pressed;
And dirt. The wind blew in the empty place.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)