Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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Samuel Beckett
When a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world.
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George Steiner
Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.
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More Quotes By Laura Fraser
It isn't such a bad thing to always know that someone on the other side of the world cares about you.
London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.
English is a beautiful language, a remarkably precise language with a million words to choose from to deliver your exact shade of meaning.
The fundamental condition of man is his verticality.
When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.