Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.
Carol ShieldsOpen a book this minute and start reading. Donโt move until youโve reached page fifty. Until youโve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve.
Carol ShieldsIt occurs to her that she should record this flash of insight in her journal - otherwise she is sure to forget, for she is someone who is always learning and forgetting and obliged to learn again.
Carol ShieldsThe larger loneliness of our lives evolves from our unwillingness to spend ourselves, stir ourselves. We are always damping down our inner weather, permitting ourselves the comforts of postponement, of rehearsals
Carol Shields