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One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man. – John Berger

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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget. – John Berger

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Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress. – John Berger

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Ours is the century of enforced travel of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon. – John Berger

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The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. – Lewis Thomas

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I like the word “indolence.” It makes my laziness seem classy. – Bern Williams

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No language is rude that can boast polite writers. – Aubrey Beardsley

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The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. – Samuel Butler

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