Favorite Quotes

Curubethion · 10-11-2005, 09:49 PM

I'd like to know, what are some of your favorite quotes in the literature world?

"Thou wast not bold!-Thou wast not true!" ~Pearl, from The Scarlet Letter

I've got a few others...I'll have to think about it...

Mercutio · 10-12-2005, 05:31 PM

It's not my favorite as in spiffy or nifty or cool, but one of my favorite quotes is "the horror, the horror."

You ask why? Because it sums up one of the best books in English, Heart of Darkness which in turn sums up humanity. I don't know...I just thought H o D was brilliant. And saddening

, as Conrad doesn't have an answer to "the horror, the horror" like Dostoevesky and others did--redemption through Christ (Christianity)

.

I'm thinking of others...how about something from Jane Austen like "Run mad as often as you choose but do not faint," or "you are endeavoring to disarm me by reason."

Or from Lord Peter, "How fleeting are all human passions
compared with the massive continuity of ducks."

Beren3000 · 10-14-2005, 09:27 AM

My current favorite quote is from a poem by John Keats:

"Can death be sleep when life is but a dream,
And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?"

Jabberwock · 10-17-2005, 11:22 AM

I think one of my favorite quotes of all time comes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It goes like this:

`I quite agree with you,' said the Duchess; `and the moral of that is--"Be what you would seem to be"--or if you'd like it put more simply--"Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise."'

That's nonsense on a mind-boggling scale people.

A close second is Cheech Marin saying
"Responsibility is a heavy responsibility."

ringbearer · 12-09-2005, 02:02 AM

"He knew everything about literature, except how to enjoy it."

from Catch 22

MangoPi · 12-31-2005, 01:25 AM

lol that last one was great. My fave comes from (what else?) the Bard hisself -- Shakespeare:

"Do you know sir, that I am the greatest man living? I am the bold thunder!"

You should always introduce yourself with a bit of flair, you know? Helps people remember you.

10-11-2005, 09:49 PM	#1
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Favorite Quotes I'd like to know, what are some of your favorite quotes in the literature world? "Thou wast not bold!-Thou wast not true!" ~Pearl, from The Scarlet Letter I've got a few others...I'll have to think about it... __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

10-12-2005, 05:31 PM	#2
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	It's not my favorite as in spiffy or nifty or cool, but one of my favorite quotes is "the horror, the horror." You ask why? Because it sums up one of the best books in English, Heart of Darkness which in turn sums up humanity. I don't know...I just thought H o D was brilliant. And saddening , as Conrad doesn't have an answer to "the horror, the horror" like Dostoevesky and others did--redemption through Christ (Christianity) . I'm thinking of others...how about something from Jane Austen like "Run mad as often as you choose but do not faint," or "you are endeavoring to disarm me by reason." Or from Lord Peter, "How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks." __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

10-17-2005, 11:22 AM	#4
Jabberwock Enting Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Canadian temporarily in USA. Posts: 55	quote I think one of my favorite quotes of all time comes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It goes like this: `I quite agree with you,' said the Duchess; `and the moral of that is--"Be what you would seem to be"--or if you'd like it put more simply--"Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise."' That's nonsense on a mind-boggling scale people. A close second is Cheech Marin saying "Responsibility is a heavy responsibility."

12-09-2005, 02:02 AM	#5
ringbearer Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Louis, Mo. USA Posts: 561	"He knew everything about literature, except how to enjoy it." from Catch 22 __________________ Ringbearer Hide Witch, hide! The Good Folks come to burn thee! Their keen enjoyment hid behind A Gothic mask of duty!

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10-14-2005, 09:27 AM	#3
Beren3000 Fëanorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	My current favorite quote is from a poem by John Keats: "Can death be sleep when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?"

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MangoPi Enting Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Head in hands. Posts: 51	lol that last one was great. My fave comes from (what else?) the Bard hisself -- Shakespeare: "Do you know sir, that I am the greatest man living? I am the bold thunder!" You should always introduce yourself with a bit of flair, you know? Helps people remember you.