Native Language Quotes

“Some use "ambiguity" as their native language and prefer to hide behind a veil of para-social intrigue or deceit. They readily apply a strategy of a condescendingly friendly approach. Still, as we can capture arresting signals that urge us to defuse a dire threat of besiegement, we can decipher any shrouded or manipulative intentions and steer clear of unforeseen pitfalls. ("Finally things had lost their weightiness")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“It was van Hulle who had been the initiator of this restoration of their ancestral language to its former glory as a means of reawakening national consciousness. He had called conferences and incited a vast number of people to petition the authorities. He was truly the first apostle of the Movement, to which people like Borluut, Farazyn and Bartholomeus had rallied. Now the drive was slackening. None of their hopes had been realised, apart from the use of the Flemish language. And now that point had been conceded, they saw that it had not produced any important changes for Bruges. At most it was as if a dead body had been put in a different coffin.”
― Georges Rodenbach, The Bells of Bruges

“We sang 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' in full voice, in our native language, which was English tinged with sorrow and longing.”
― Mo Daviau, Every Anxious Wave

“Her ülkede çocuklar o ülkenin dilini öğrenebilirler. Ama, bu memlekette Araplara, Rumlara, ya da Ermenilere Türkçe öğretmeye kalkıştığınız anda azınlıklar derhal 'Azınlıklara baskı, zulüm yapılıyor' diye feryada başlıyorlar.”
― Richard Reinhardt, The Ashes of Smyrna

“এক লেখকের পক্ষে দুই ভাষা নিয়ে খেলা করা আগুন নিয়ে খেলা করার মতন বিপজ্জনক, পরধর্ম ভয়াবহ, মাতৃভাষা ছাড়া অন্য ভাষায় সাহিত্য সৃষ্টি সত্যি অসম্ভব। অনেকে এ-কথায় আপত্তি তুলবেন, পৃথিবীতে এর ব্যতিক্রমও দু'-একজন আছেন, কিন্তু ব্যতিক্রম কখনও আদর্শ হতে পারে না। অন্য ভাষায় সার্থক রচনা সূত্রে জোসেফ কনরাডের নাম অনেকের রসনাগ্রে আসে, তিনি ব্যতিক্রমই, ইদানিং লোলিতা'র নোবোকভের কথাও বলা হয়, কিন্তু রুশ ভাষা ছেড়ে আমেরিকান ভাষা গ্রহণ করার পরে নোবোকভের স্বীকারোক্তি এই যে, তিনি রুশ ভাষা ছেড়ে দুঃখিত এবং সীমাবদ্ধ, তিনি হারিয়েছেন, "my natural idiom, my untrammelled rich and infinitely docile Russian tongue for a second-rate brand of English.”
― Sunil Gangopadhyay