In many a case, the phrase ‘I’d like to get to know you better’ is a euphemism for ‘I want us to fuck.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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She suddenly remembered studying the brain in science class- how a steel rod pierced a man's skull, and he opened his mouth to speak Portuguese, a language he'd never studied. Maybe it would be like this, now, for Josie. Maybe her native tongue, from here on in, would be a string of lies.

~ Jodi Picoult

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To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way.

~ Alexander Mccall Smith

Alexander Mccall Smith Language Native Tongue

the voice taunted, and threatened: you are afraid, unhappy, dissatisfied, what if….but I knew, this was not His language for motivating my heart,so I waited quietly to hear my Father's native tongue, I love, I am satisfied, I trust, this is the way... - and I moved.

~ Kate Mullane Robertson

Kate Mullane Robertson Direction Divine God Guidance Language Listening Native Tongue Voice

Back in New York I took full advantage of my status as a native speaker. I ran my mouth to shop clerks and listened in on private conversations, realising I’d gone an entire month without hearing anyone complaint that they were “stressed out”.

~ David Sedaris

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