Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines. - Page 107

WT Sharpe · 06-02-2011, 11:57 AM

Actually, I think that the quote is correct as far as it goes, but in truth none of us know how far our influence extends. Doubly so for anyone who's ever posted an opinion in the Internet.

Hamlet53 · 06-02-2011, 01:35 PM

"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force." Dorothy Parker referring to Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.

dreams · 06-06-2011, 03:00 AM

Life is easier than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable.

~Kathleen Norris (1880-1966)

FlorenceArt · 06-06-2011, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreams

Life is easier than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable.

~Kathleen Norris (1880-1966)

poohbear_nc · 06-06-2011, 09:25 AM

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." Oscar Wilde

TenaciousBadger · 06-06-2011, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." Oscar Wilde

So true

poohbear_nc · 06-06-2011, 03:40 PM

"I am too old to regret anything."
Peter Hoeg - Smilla's Sense of Snow

TenaciousBadger · 06-08-2011, 02:15 AM

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

--Abraham Maslow

lestatar · 06-08-2011, 02:44 AM

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one."
- Spock, Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
- Verbal Kent, The Usual Suspects

poohbear_nc · 06-08-2011, 01:11 PM

"The evidence of vice and virtue are not confined to famous accomplishments. Often some trivial event, a word, a joke, will serve better than great campaigns as a revelation of character."
Plutarch

lestatar · 06-08-2011, 01:21 PM

^

But I am still craving hotwings...

poohbear_nc · 06-08-2011, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lestatar

^

But I am still craving hotwings...

Just keep those unwholesome thoughts in the lounge now!

orlok · 06-08-2011, 06:07 PM

"Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires" - William Blake (The Marriage of Heaven and Hell)

(I used this in a short story once, as I found it so challenging)

MyGPS · 06-10-2011, 08:47 AM

"The horror! The horror"
- last words of the protagonist (or rather antagonist) of J. Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

covingtoncat73 · 06-10-2011, 09:25 AM

Joseph Addison (1672–1719), Cato. Act v. Sc. 1.

"It must be so,—Plato, thou reasonest well!
Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing after immortality?
Or whence this secret dread and inward horror
Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
’T is the divinity that stirs within us;
’T is Heaven itself that points out an hereafter,
And intimates eternity to man.
Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!"

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06-02-2011, 11:57 AM	#1591
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Actually, I think that the quote is correct as far as it goes, but in truth none of us know how far our influence extends. Doubly so for anyone who's ever posted an opinion in the Internet.

06-06-2011, 03:00 AM	#1593
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Life is easier than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable. ~Kathleen Norris (1880-1966)

06-06-2011, 09:25 AM	#1595
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,648 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." Oscar Wilde

06-06-2011, 03:40 PM	#1597
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,648 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	"I am too old to regret anything." Peter Hoeg - Smilla's Sense of Snow

06-08-2011, 02:15 AM	#1598
TenaciousBadger Mrawr? Posts: 1,109 Karma: 15039064 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: kindle 3 wifi	If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. --Abraham Maslow

06-08-2011, 02:44 AM	#1599
lestatar LB's lolz Mutt Minion Posts: 2,902 Karma: 5700001 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hong Kong now but NYC forever Device: Kindle3, GalaxyTab, BB Bold9700, BB 8300, Sony Clie, Palm Vx, Palm III	"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one." - Spock, Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." - Verbal Kent, The Usual Suspects

06-08-2011, 01:11 PM	#1600
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,648 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	"The evidence of vice and virtue are not confined to famous accomplishments. Often some trivial event, a word, a joke, will serve better than great campaigns as a revelation of character." Plutarch

06-08-2011, 01:21 PM	#1601
lestatar LB's lolz Mutt Minion Posts: 2,902 Karma: 5700001 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hong Kong now but NYC forever Device: Kindle3, GalaxyTab, BB Bold9700, BB 8300, Sony Clie, Palm Vx, Palm III	^ But I am still craving hotwings...

06-08-2011, 06:07 PM	#1603
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	"Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires" - William Blake (The Marriage of Heaven and Hell) (I used this in a short story once, as I found it so challenging)

06-10-2011, 08:47 AM	#1604
MyGPS Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Szczecin Device: none	"The horror! The horror" - last words of the protagonist (or rather antagonist) of J. Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

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06-10-2011, 09:25 AM	#1605
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	Joseph Addison (1672–1719), Cato. Act v. Sc. 1. "It must be so,—Plato, thou reasonest well! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? ’T is the divinity that stirs within us; ’T is Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!"