Don’t bleach language, savour it instead. Stroke it gently or even groom it, but don’t -œpurify- it.
– Roland Barthes
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- Music is the language of the heart, the language of the soul, the language of nature and the language of the universe. – Debasish Mridha
- On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died – George W Cecil
- Whatever life throws at me, I’ll take with a smile upon my face and Nirvana’s ‘Bleach’ on the stereo. – Mark R Faulkner
- He was a silent type, very nervy of people: shy, introverted, nobody would believe he could scream so loud-¦well he did drink a bottle of bleach! – Stephen Richards
- How many would protest if restaurants began serving puppy and kitten flesh instead of calves? Robins instead of hens? Squirrels instead of pigs? – Mango Wodzak
- The rule for J.O.Y is Jesus, Others and You. You can’t have a perfect joy if all you think about is about how to groom your life! – Israelmore Ayivor
- You grow only when you groom someone to take your position. – Tapan Ghosh
- Marriage to the groom does not means that his heart belongs to the bride. – Dennis E Adonis
- If your gonna screw up, do it while you’re young. Older you get, the harder it is to bounce back. – Winston Groom
- It occurred to Gavin that the first thought a groom had upon spying his bride shouldn’t be to wonder whether or not she wore knickers. – Kerrigan Byrne
- We’re here and we prey on you.We target you.We groom you. – Lisa Scottoline
- No groom. – No electricity
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- All women speak two languages:-¨the language of men-¨and the language of silent suffering.-¨ Some women speak a third,-¨the language of queens. – Mohja Kahf
- Language comes first. It’s not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven’t got language, you can’t be conscious. – Alan Moore
- The German language is so sonorous, isn’t it? Beautiful language…the language of poetry. Angry, angry poetry. – John Oliver
- Micro: Letters create words. Words create language. Language, we are told, permits knowledge & expression. Language is what we are. Are we jailed? – Anthony North
- Only the painter who knows his business can create the impression that a picture was done in one stroke. – Auguste Renoir
- When the lion is wounded do not stroke its mare. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Living appears good, long, and tiresome, but it is way too short than a single stroke of lightning. – Aniruddha Sastikar
- In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings. – Billy Graham
- Unacquainted with grief, I knew not how to appraise my bereavement; I could not rightly estimate the strength of the stroke. – Ambrose Bierce
- Disregard nuisances and obstacles, for they are merely a brush-stroke on the bigger picture – Connor Skey
- Thinking there had to be a better way was a brilliant stroke of serendipity! – Lorii Myers
- Every word I write is another stroke that takes me to the shore of a completed book. – Rob Bignell
- I wanted to reach out and stroke her, to be gentle and tender towards her. Take care of her. – James Lusarde
- The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night. – Haruki Murakami
- With fireflies in her eyesShe blew all her words into his mouth with a stroke of a poignant Kiss!! – AnkitMishra