“Vocal utterance… is not essential for discourse, and therefore not for the call either; this must not be overlooked.”— Martin Heidegger, amazon.com
“But the chief advantage of language is not communication but autogeneration. Language is a trick that allows the mind to question itself ; a magic mirror that reveals to the mind what the mind thinks; a handle that turns a mind into a tool. With a grip on the slippery, aimless activity of self-aware…”— Kevin Kelly, amazon.com
“Impossible; for how many people did you know that refracted your own light to you?”— Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag, amazon.com
“A great storyteller is keenly attuned to his audience; he knows when to slow down for maximum suspense and when to speed up for comic effect.”— Gary Vaynerchuk, amazon.com
“Here everything is admissible— philosophy, ethics, divinity, criticism, poetry, humor, fun, mimicry, anecdote, jokes, ventriloquism— all the breadth and versatility of the most liberal conversation, highest and lowest personal topics: all are permitted, and all may be combined into one speech.”— David Shields, amazon.com