Quotes About Language

I don't wonder why they talk," I said. "I wonder what they say.

Los nombres son importantes porque dicen mucho sobre la persona.

Hay dos cosas que debéis recordar. La primera es que nuestros nombres nos dan forma, y que nosotros damos forma a nuestros nombres. —Dejó de pasearse y nos miró—. La segunda es que hasta el nombre más sencillo es tan complejo que vuestra mente jamás podría tantear siquiera sus límites, y mucho menos entenderlo lo bastante bien para pronunciarlo.

A well-spoken sentence in Aturan is a straight line pointing. A well-spoken sentence in Adem is like a spiderweb, each strand with a meaning of its own, a piece of something greater, more complex.

So," Chronicler said. "Subjunctive mood." "At best," Kvothe said, "it is a pointless thing. It needlessly complicates the language. It offends me.

Las palabras tienen que encontrar la mente de un hombre si pretenden llegar a su corazón.

Amo las palabras por lo que son capaces de conseguir. Del mismo modo, no soy ningún aritmético. Los números que solo hablan de números me interesan muy poco.

Our language is rich with implication, so it is easier for us to accept the existence of things that cannot be explained. The Lethani is the greatest of these.

Cuando pido Greysdale en Anker's, saben perfectamente lo que quiero decir —expliqué—. Si pidiera algo que no existiera, alguien podría descubrir el juego. —Y tú ¿cómo lo sabes? —le pregunto Sim a Manet. —Más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo —contestó.

That is also an idiom." Wilem grumbled. "Your language is thick with nonsense. I wonder how any of you understand each other. How is everything going? Going where?" He shook his head.

nuestros nombres nos dan forma, y que nosotros damos forma a nuestros nombres.

Re'lar Kvothe," he said seriously. "I am trying to wake your sleeping mind to the subtle language the world is whispering. I am trying to seduce you into understanding. I am trying to teach you." He leaned forward until his face was almost touching mine. "Quit grabbing at my tits.

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating.

Les mots sont les ombres pâlies de noms oubliés. De même que les noms, les mots ont aussi un pouvoir. Les mots peuvent allumer des incendies dans l'esprit des hommes. Les mots peuvent tirer les larmes des cœurs les plus endurcis. Il y a les sept mots qui rendront une femme amoureuse de toi. Il y a les dix mots qui réduiront à néant la volonté d'un homme fort. Mais un mot n'est rien d'autre que la peinture d'un feu. Un nom, c'est le feu lui-même.

I want to hear you wound my lovely language with your rough barbarian tongue.

Cuando el mundo entero se convertía en un palimpsesto, él se convertía en un palíndromo perfecto.

So when I meet a woman, I should simply say, 'You are beautiful?'" Tempi shook his head. "No. You would say simply 'beautiful,' and let the woman decide the rest of what you mean.

words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

We all good word do. We make you do word good too!" - Writing Excuses

We all good word do. We make you do word good too!

Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite." Hetera

Si c'est un valet, annonce un valet. Si c'est un pique, annonce un pique. Mais pour une putain, tu dois toujours dire une « dame ». Leur vie est déjà assez pénible, et la politesse n'a jamais tué personne

Hay dos cosas que debéis recordar. La primera es que nuestros nombres nos dan forma, y que nosotros damos forma a nuestros nombres.

I have been alone for most of my life. But rarely have I felt it so much as at that moment. I knew one person within four hundred miles, and he'd been ordered to keep away from me. I was unfamiliar with the culture, barely competent with the language, and the burning all across my back and face was a constant reminder of how much I was unwelcome. The food was good though.