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I'd quote Erikson here but I do believe Suze has already done that.
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The only one that comes to mind is:'no one likes a smart ass" from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It was at the end of the shortest chapter that told a funny story about a tough problem scientists were working on when a young scientist swooped in and solved it. It's funnier in context.
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“Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?' The Imass shrugged before replying. 'I think of futility, Adjunct.' 'Do all Imass think about futility?' 'No. Few think at all.' 'Why is that?' The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. 'Because Adjunct, it is futile.” |
Oh, that's a good one. :). I was thinking of Caladan Brood though. Specifically, this one, which may as well be repeated:
Kallor said "I walked this land when the T'lan Imass were but children. I have commanded armies a hundred thousand strong. I have spread the fire of my wrath across entire continents, and sat alone upon tall thrones. Do you grasp the meaning of this?" "Yes," said Caladan Brood, "you never learn." This I say to your merciless, pretty woman. ;) |
Okay, okay, one last Erikson quote. Brings a tear to my eye.
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Why do I not believe you?
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Apparently, I don't believe me, either.
"Have you come forth to grovel at my feet? Are you my first acolyte, then, eager for my rewards?" "Alas," the man replied, "you are mistaken, sir. Kruppe -this humble, weak mortal who stands before you- bows to no man, be he Jaghut or god. Such are the nuances of this new age that you are felled by indifference..." - Raest and Kruppe, Gardens of the Moon. |
I like Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger.
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Crake on what causes problems with civilizations. From Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake.
“Watch out for art, Crake used to say. As soon as they start doing art, we’re in trouble. Symbolic thinking of any kind would signal downfall, in Crake’s view. Next they’d be inventing idols, and funerals, and grave goods, and the afterlife, and sin, and Linear B, and kings, and then slavery and war." |
Oh boy, I love leafing through threads like these...
I'd say I have a few favourites, as of now. Some are thoughtful, some make me laugh, some just feel right. Douglas Adams J.R.R. Tolkein. S.W. Vaughn Fiona Macleod |
How do you hurt a man who's lost everything? Give him back something broken.
-- Stephen R. Donaldson. |
"I wonder...am I really a bastard or am I just really good at thinking like one?"
-Terry Pratchett |
“We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club This book is so quotable. |
Oh that's a good one Faux. I haven't read any of Palahniuk's books but my sisters has and tells me that they are really something else.
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I have the bold bit tattooed on my forearm, because I love it so much. Quote:
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I have a tattoo of the mine sign symbol for the Guarding Dark on my left shoulder. And I want tattoos of/based on the other two quotes as well. |
"To be continued?"
-Alaska, Looking for Alaska |
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”-G.K.Chesterton its a quote not out of a book sadly but i wish it was in one x3
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I've started reading H.P. Lovecraft recently. I quite like this passage from the end of "The Festival."
Spoiler Alert, sort of. It is the last paragraph. |
Arise!
No really, I miss this thread. Re-read a lot of it last night. Must make up for some accidental repetition. (You, too, Suze!) From the book I'm currently reading: "He'd do alright as long as he didn't have to pick up a pen. The skinny little implements made him nervous. If he walked into a room, he knew where pens and pencils hid in drawers or behind cupboard doors. A bit of charcoal from the fire didn't bother him unless someone had made a mark with the black lump. And a paintbrush was just a paintbrush unless someone strayed from merely whitewashing walls and wrote on the faded siding." - Donita K. Paul One Realm Beyond Not necessarily "great literature" but as someone who is almost never without a pen, I find this passage fascinating. |
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Here, have some mana-like wisdom from the hallowed Father of Deconstructivism himself. Quote:
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You sure that wasn't pulled from the post-modern essay generator?
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TFW you realize the po-mo generator is just Derrida quotes.
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I'd have to know who Derrida is, but I see your point. I have run myself into a circle, it would seem.
I'd put a quote down but all I have within reach at my library and information technology textbooks and Memories of Ice, and nothing immediately comes to mind from there. |
"One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more, Death thou shalt die." - John Donne vs. "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death my die." - H. P. Lovecraft. Who wins? |
I'm not sure if it is my favorite, but it is the most often remembered quote....
“Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” ― Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Thanks Freshman lit class.... |
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All these deep-thinking fancy literature and philosophy quotes; full of high-fantasy and dark things. Here I come with my plebian Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
"Elementary, my dear Watson." Fun Fact: Sherlock never said that line in any of those stories. Not once. But it's so famous. |
“We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.”
~The Alchemist ...there was a better quote, about matter, time, the Sun, Wind, and World...and one that essentially made the pursuit of science a sort of spiritual journey across generations. But I can't find it at this time. |
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Not really a favourite quote but this one strikes me as being particularly poignant to the times:
"I'm often asked why I never spoke up. Why I didn't try to get Dahmer help. You have to remember, this was 1976. You never "narced" on a classmate. It simply wasn't done. Besides, my friends and I, we were just clueless small-town kids wrapped up in our own lives. And none of us had a hint about what was really going on in his head. A better question is... Where were the damn adults?" - My Friend Dahmer, Backderf (graphic novel) |
wow this thread is almost 8 years old
i'm trying to remember my favorite quotes from actual books but all i can remember are memes and web junk heLp ok i remember one [excerpt] in the very back recesses of my mind |
Oh. Oh wow. I didn’t even realize I made this thread until I went back to the first page. I thought this was a Quiet thread :|
Haven’t read much lately, unfortunately. |
same u_u'
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---To do nothing is evil enough. (I forget who its by?)
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Uh... I did a quick google search, and it's... potentially a misremembered quote from Burke?
Either that, or it's from Street Fighter :| |
remembered one of my fave opening lines
“The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.â€
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams |
"At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification." - Frankenstein's Monster |
"Go ahead and shoot me. This isn't my favourite shirt."
- Wayward Son, Rowell. I love this character, He is my life now. |
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