Nationality: Scottish Type: Philosopher Born: December 4, 1795 Death: February 5, 1881 |
I believe so deeply in the primacy of language, in lifting your prose to the highest level you're capable of and making your words symphonic.
And I asked my mother about it; I said, 'Is there something wrong?' She said, 'God... God makes people. You understand that, don't you?' And I said, 'Yeah!' She said, 'Who makes a rainbow?" I said, 'God.' She said, 'I never presumed to tell anyone who could make a rainbow what color to make children