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I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

— Katherine Dunn

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.

— Alice Walker

Expressing myself through language was always something that I had had to learn to do more so than others.

— Maajid Nawaz

I have abused language. I love it, and I abuse it... I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register.

— Joss Whedon

I was always influenced by language.

— Helen Dunmore

I had problems getting my words out. If people spoke directly to me, I understood what they said. But when the grownups got to yakking really fast by themselves, it just sounded like 'oi oi.' I thought grownups had a separate language. I've now figured out I was not hearing the hard consonant sounds.

— Temple Grandin

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.

— Amy Tan

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

I love language, and I love the failure of language.

— Nate Lowman

I just discovered when I was, oh, 12 or 13, that I was very interested in language - and this showed itself as poetry. There was no looking back.

— Edwin Morgan

✗Opposing Perspectives

It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always expected that you learn a word in place of a word and when I discovered how difficult the grammar was and learning that was very discouraging for me.

— Bo Derek