John le Carre Quotes About Language

Quotes about: Language

• To possess another language, Charlemagne tells us, is to possess another soul. German is such a language. Once you have it in your head, you can go there anytime, you can close the door, you have a refuge.

  John le Carre

  Doors, Soul, Language

• Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that.

  John le Carre

  Literature, Fool, Language

• I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly.

  John le Carre

  German Language, Bumblebees, Literature

• To possess another language is to possess another soul.

  John le Carre

  Soul, Language

  John le Carre (2002). “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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