Famous quotes containing the words language and/or closely:
“Now that Stevenson is dead I can think of but one English- speaking author who is really keeping his self-respect and sticking for perfection. Of course I refer to that mighty master of language and keen student of human actions and motives, Henry James.”
—Willa Cather (18731947)
“So closely interwoven have been our lives, our purposes, and experiences that, separated, we have a feeling of incompletenessunited, such strength of self-association that no ordinary obstacles, difficulties, or dangers ever appear to us insurmountable.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (18151902)