Words have their genealogy, their history, their economy, their literature, their art and music, as too they have their weddings and divorces, their successes and defeats, their fevers, their undiagnosable ailments, their sudden deaths. They also have their moral and social distinctions.


A Matter of Life and Death (ed. Bantam Books, 1961)

Virgilia Peterson Quotes

Words have their genealogy, their history, their economy, their literature, their art and music, as too they have their weddings and divorces, their...

Words have their genealogy, their history, their economy, their literature, their art and music, as too they have their weddings and divorces, their...

Words have their genealogy, their history, their economy, their literature, their art and music, as too they have their weddings and divorces, their...

Words have their genealogy, their history, their economy, their literature, their art and music, as too they have their weddings and divorces, their...