"Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses." - Hannah Arendt
This quote suggests that language doesn't always have particular words or vocabulary to know or describe how we feel. Most emotions that we feel cannot be described in words of language. Meaning, there is a limitation to what we know in language. Our senses allows great measures of interpretation of feelings whereas language is limited. Things we hear as well - we can use synonyms but we cannot exactly get the perfect word to explain what we hear, smell or taste. So in a way, our senses is a form of communication (but in this context, with ourselves), because it allows us to interpret this without using words.
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