New Language Quotes

“I'm trying to tell
MiSSSisss WaSShington
about our ceremony for Father.

But it takes time to
match every noun and verb,
sort all the tenses,
remember all the articles,
set the tone for every s.

MiSSSisss WaSShington says
if every learner waits
to speak perfectly,
no one would learn
a new language.

Being stubborn
won't make you fluent.
Practicing will!
The more mistakes you make,
the more you'll learn not to.

They laugh.”
― Thanhha Lai

“In this new and luminous world, words like 'glamorie-glass' made sense, and daylight names were shields, designed to hold back the approach of night. The thought of this girl at night conjured up pictures of Van Gogh's Starry Night, and comets, and lightships, and the taste of her skin, torched to silver in the moonlight---
The girl looked amused. It occurred to him that she must be used to men being fools around her. 'I'm Vanessa.'
'Vanessa. Vanessa. I'm Tom,' he said. 'And where are you from, Vanessa?' It was an excuse to keep saying her name, which sounded to him like a cat's-paw of wind across the bright surface of a lake.”
― Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market