language

"But the pressure to speak is constant and intolerable. However, I resisted most of it."

"In his youth he would say: "One should worship Him in his youth."

"How does one say something new and not retell?"

"I have nothing to speak of but my self-and what can I say but what I feel"

"We speak still of "sunrise" and "sunset." We do so as if the Copernican model of the solar system had not replaced, ineradicably, the Ptolemaic. Vacant metaphors, eroded figures of speech, inhabit our…"

"To sum it all up, I must say that I regret nothing."

"If you don't drink 56 bottles of water a week, scientists say you should take a garden hose at the end of the week and shove it up your ass."

"And silence matched the silence under snow."

"Seneca's essays in English"

"He who takes not counsel of the Unseen and Silent, from him will never come real visibility and speech."

"That young man has one of the clearest voices, his throat is a Stradivarius."

"The men who rule have practiced keepin’ their tongues still, not exercisin’ them."

"Even if man were created a carnivorous animal, is there no way for him to outgrow it as he becomes more intelligent?"

"I have a sour face. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator."

"The cynic says "blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." I say "blessed is he who expecteth everything, for he can't always be disappointed."

"A "Stalinist" rebuttal of Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" from the CPUSA"

"ListenToFeist.com - Official website."

"All of a sudden he knew. Shadrach was rabbit's name. It even sounded black! He tried it on his tongue. He listened to it. Shadrach."

"Be silent and safe—silence never betrays you."

"That cold white candent voice which was more caustic than silver nitrate and more thrilling than a scream."