Author: Alena Graedon

Cites

• Samuel Johnson (1)
  • IN: The Word Exchange (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I am not yet so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of the earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.
    FROM: preface to A Dictionary of the English Language, (1755), Book, UK
• Lewis Carroll (1)
  • IN: The Word Exchange (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be the master - that's all."
    FROM: Through the Looking Glass, (1871), Novel, UK
• Jorge Luis Borges (1)
  • IN: The Word Exchange (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: As a boy, I used to marvel that the letters in a closed book did not get scrambled and lost overnight.
    FROM: The Aleph, (1974), Short Story, Argentina