Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by covingtoncat73

In the Desert
By Stephen Crane

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good, friend?”
“It is bitter—bitter,” he answered;

“But I like it
“Because it is bitter,
“And because it is my heart.”

[bfisher]

Patti Smith will be singing A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall at the Nobel award ceremony, an interesting choice for her:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...erform-w453745

I remember how the song shook me the first time I heard it - every time since when I hear it, the revelation of it still makes me shiver:

"And I’ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it’"
- Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by bfisher

Patti Smith will be singing A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall at the Nobel award ceremony, an interesting choice for her:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...erform-w453745

I remember how the song shook me the first time I heard it - every time since when I hear it, the revelation of it still makes me shiver:

"And I’ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it’"
- Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

Excellent!

[covingtoncat73]

Originally Posted by bfisher

Patti Smith will be singing A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall at the Nobel award ceremony, an interesting choice for her:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...erform-w453745

I remember how the song shook me the first time I heard it - every time since when I hear it, the revelation of it still makes me shiver:

"And I’ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it’"
- Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

Indeed. A great one.

[covingtoncat73]

Another Dlyan lyric, then:

"You say you never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?"
~Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by covingtoncat73

Another Dlyan lyric, then:

"You say you never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?"
~Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone

Lovely. He is the poet laureate.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by covingtoncat73

In the Desert
By Stephen Crane

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good, friend?”
“It is bitter—bitter,” he answered;

“But I like it
“Because it is bitter,
“And because it is my heart.”

A favorite of mine. Joyce Carol Oates used the last two lines as the title of a novel.

[covingtoncat73]

It is one of my favorite poems, too, Issy.

And the refrain from my favorite Fleet Foxes song:

"Dear shadow alive and well
How can the body die
You tell me everything
Anything true"
~Fleet Foxes, "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song"

[covingtoncat73]

From my current read:

“'Are they really gods?'

'I never worry about theological questions' said Nightingale. 'They exist, they have power and they can breach the Queen's peace - that makes them a police matter.'"
― Ben Aaronovitch, Midnight Riot

[AlexBell]

'Life is always surprising us - not by its rich, seething layer of bestial refuse - but by the bright, healthy and creative human powers of goodness that are forever forcing their way up through it. It is those powers that awaken our indestructible hope that a brighter, better and more humane life will once again be reborn.'

Maxim Gorky, from the Penguin Classics version of My Childhood, translated by Ronald Wilks.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by covingtoncat73

Another Dlyan lyric, then:

"You say you never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?"
~Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone

All these years I thought the line was "mystery trend"!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

All these years I thought the line was "mystery trend"!

Famous misheard Lyrics! "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy!"

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Famous misheard Lyrics! "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy!"

Yup!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Yup!

I was confused by a Van Morrison lyric for ages, thought it was come see me on Saturday or something, but never seemed right....it was 'All Saints Day' ...

[WT Sharpe]

The Foundations song Build Me Up, Buttercup" by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay contains a line, "And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby, When you say you will" that for years I heard as "And then worst of all (worst of all) Neanderthal baby
When you say you will."