rust me, you can, uh, understand communication and still end up single.
Read more Louise Banks QuotesFrom: Arrival
We're so bounded by time, by its order. But now I am not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings.
Colonel Weber: Mornin'.Louise Banks: Colonel.Colonel Weber: Gravisti. He says it means an argument. What do you say it means?Louise Banks: A desire for more cows.
Like their ship or their bodies, their written language has no forward or backward direction. Linguists call this "nonlinear orthography," which raises the question, "Is this how they think?"