Quotes by Language And Power Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. Adrienne Rich language-and-power concentration relationship Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation. Angela Carter language-and-power instruments culture My words fly up, my thoughts remain below Claudius hamlet-revenge hamlet-and-ophelia language-and-power The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to. Cynthia Ozick language-and-power kind writing God is gracious beyond the power of language to describe. Francis Asbury gracious language-and-power faith There are times when the power of language is not the power that is needed. Leon Wieseltier power-of-language language-and-power language I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power. Ngugi wa Thiong'o language-and-power wonder thinking Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Paul Engle reading-poetry language-and-power ordinary Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. Ralph Waldo Emerson language-and-power communication cities Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. Rita Mae Brown language-and-power moon memorable Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire. Roland Barthes language-and-power skins desire
