Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. – Rita Mae Brown
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Heinrich Heine so loosened the corsets of the German language that today every little salesman can fondle her breasts. – Karl Kraus, translated from German by Harry Zohn
Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move the stars to pity. – Gustave Flaubert
I couldnt wait to look at someone who shared my genes. I thought my baby was going to provide a decoder key to my past. But then I looked at Pippa and realized, no, shes actually the key to my future. – Emily Procter
Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like Ive succeeded, if Im doing something that makes me happy and Im not lying to anybody. Im not doing that now, so I feel really good about myself. – Kristen Stewart
