56 quotes found
“I think Lafayette wants to rap in French now. I have to go learn some French.Damn it, Lafayette.”
“Language is the source of misunderstandings.”
“What's the trick to remembering that a sandwich is masculine? What qualities does it share with anyone in possession of a penis? I'll tell myself that a sandwich is masculine because if left alone ...”
“Adam was charming and spoke perfect French. Like many anglophones in Montral, he actually spoke French better than we did. They knew exactly which verbs to use in the same way that people knew whic...”
“The true structure of the Welsh grammar will be revealed only when we look at sentences slightly more complicated than its basic VSO pattern. Welsh is no different from the rest of the world: it do...”
“To pronounce French properly you must have within you a deep antipathy, not to say scorn, for some of the most sacred of the Anglo-Saxon prejudices.”
“Back in New York I took full advantage of my status as a native speaker. I ran my mouth to shop clerks and listened in on private conversations, realising Id gone an entire month without hearing an...”
“I transform "Work" in its analytic meaning (the Work of Mourning, the Dream-Work) into the real "Work" - of writing.”
“An old walrus-faced waiter attended to me; he had the knack of pouring the coffee and the hot milk from two jugs, held high in the air, and I found this entrancing, as if he were a child's magician...”
“The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after tow minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless.”
“What is the French word for rain? Le rain? La rain? Is the rain masculine or feminine? Its such a bother that it must be masculine.”
“A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.”
“Sunday lay so heavily in the air as to become almost nauseating. Maigret used to claim openly, half seriously, half in fun, that he had always had the knack of sensing a Sunday from his bed, withou...”
“From: bluegreen118@gmail.com To: hourtohour.notetonote@gmail.comDate: Jan 7 at 7:23 AMSubject: Re: Really?On the Tumblr-you mean creeksecrets? .....But I really don't think I'm wrong. Jacques a dit...”
“Hauriou, became a crown witness for us when he confirmed this connection in 1916, in the midst of WWI: The revolution of 1789 had no other goal than absolute access to the writing of legal statutes...”
“The essence and value of the law lies in its stability and durability (...), in its relative eternity. Only then does the legislators self-limitation and the independence of the law-bound judge fin...”
“Mais, vrai, J'ai trop pleure! Les aubes sont navrantes. What a sad and beautiful line that is. I'd always hoped that someday I'd be able to use it.”
“You owe it to your loved ones as well as yourself to know and pursue your pleasures.”
“I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.”
“(Regarding the Roosevelt Tram along Queensboro Bridge):"They had it renovated by the French. French cars. French cables. Cables that surrender! Would you ride in a tram that surrenders? I sure as h...”
