Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines. - Page 207

orlok · 05-17-2016, 03:39 PM

Couldn't give you more K for the Twain quote, but I love it.

covingtoncat73 · 05-17-2016, 08:26 PM

Ranks among the greatest opening lines.

"'When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets,' Papa would say, 'she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing.'"
~Katherine Dunn (R.I.P.), Geek Love

WT Sharpe · 05-18-2016, 01:05 PM

If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated; falsehood, violence, selfishness.
— Ludwig Börne (1786–1837), German political writer. Der ewige Jude [The Eternal Jew] (1821).

AlexBell · 05-21-2016, 02:09 AM

I believe it is difficult for those who publish their own memoirs to
escape the imputation of vanity; nor is this the only disadvantage
under which they labour: it is also their misfortune, that what is
uncommon is rarely, if ever, believed, and what is obvious we are apt
to turn from with disgust, and to charge the writer with impertinence.

From: The life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789

covingtoncat73 · 05-23-2016, 08:55 AM

"You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You'd better free your mind instead"
~Beatles, "Revolution"

KenMagee · 05-23-2016, 10:10 AM

"Whosoever touches one hair on yon grey head, dies like a dog. March on."

A moment in history captured by Alex Harvey.

covingtoncat73 · 05-23-2016, 10:14 AM

"Mr. Aldige drew his revolver and informed the men that he would call on the police to protect him, and that he would make a corpse of the first man who laid hands on him."
~My third great grandfather as quoted by an 1870s Times Picayune.

orlok · 05-23-2016, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KenMagee

"Whosoever touches one hair on yon grey head, dies like a dog. March on."

A moment in history captured by Alex Harvey.

Didn't he also say "Let me be your Swampsnake"?

A great character, sadly missed.

"Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words."
- Mark Twain

covingtoncat73 · 05-23-2016, 03:08 PM

"When I'm in doubt-as I am now - I ask myself, 'What would Carl Jung do? - and act accordingly." ~ David Mitchell, Slade House

covingtoncat73 · 05-23-2016, 03:40 PM

“The road to death is a long march beset with all evils, and the heart fails little by little at each new terror, the bones rebel at each step, the mind sets up its own bitter resistance and to what end? The barriers sink one by one, and no covering of the eyes shuts out the landscape of disaster, nor the sight of crimes committed there.”
― Katherine Anne Porter, Pale Horse, Pale Rider

kennyc · 05-25-2016, 09:17 AM

Happy Birthday Jamaica Kincaid

"I had been a girl of whom certain things were expected, none of them too bad: a career as a nurse, for example; a sense of duty to my parents; obedience to the law and worship of convention. But in one year of being away from home, that girl had gone out of existence."
― Jamaica Kincaid

Read "Girl" in the New Yorker.

kennyc · 05-25-2016, 01:00 PM

Today is also the birthday of Raymond Carver.

“I loved you so much once. I did. More than anything in the whole wide world. Imagine that. What a laugh that is now. Can you believe it? We were so intimate once upon a time I can't believe it now. The memory of being that intimate with somebody. We were so intimate I could puke. I can't imagine ever being that intimate with somebody else. I haven't been.”
― Raymond Carver, Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories

kennyc · 05-25-2016, 01:02 PM

"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
- Mark Twain

Today is the first recorded sighting of Halley's Comet which appeared on the day of Mark Twain's birth and on the day of his death.

covingtoncat73 · 05-25-2016, 06:59 PM

"The chances of finding out what’s really going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied." ~Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

kennyc · 05-27-2016, 06:59 AM

"There is some wonderful seriousness to the business of living, and one is not exempted by being a poet. You have to take some precautions with your health. You have to manage your money intelligently and respect your emotional obligations. There is another world — I see this — there is chaos, and we are suspended above it by a thread. But the thread holds."

- John Cheever The Journals of John Cheever

05-18-2016, 01:05 PM	#3093
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.	If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated; falsehood, violence, selfishness. — Ludwig Börne (1786–1837), German political writer. Der ewige Jude [The Eternal Jew] (1821). Last edited by WT Sharpe; 05-19-2016 at 05:40 AM.

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orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Couldn't give you more K for the Twain quote, but I love it.

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covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	Ranks among the greatest opening lines. "'When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets,' Papa would say, 'she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing.'" ~Katherine Dunn (R.I.P.), Geek Love

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AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	I believe it is difficult for those who publish their own memoirs to escape the imputation of vanity; nor is this the only disadvantage under which they labour: it is also their misfortune, that what is uncommon is rarely, if ever, believed, and what is obvious we are apt to turn from with disgust, and to charge the writer with impertinence. From: The life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789

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covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	"You say you'll change the constitution Well, you know We all want to change your head You tell me it's the institution Well, you know You'd better free your mind instead" ~Beatles, "Revolution"

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KenMagee Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 2231728 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Fire	"Whosoever touches one hair on yon grey head, dies like a dog. March on." A moment in history captured by Alex Harvey.

05-23-2016, 10:14 AM	#3097
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	"Mr. Aldige drew his revolver and informed the men that he would call on the police to protect him, and that he would make a corpse of the first man who laid hands on him." ~My third great grandfather as quoted by an 1870s Times Picayune.

05-23-2016, 03:08 PM	#3099
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	"When I'm in doubt-as I am now - I ask myself, 'What would Carl Jung do? - and act accordingly." ~ David Mitchell, Slade House

05-23-2016, 03:40 PM	#3100
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	“The road to death is a long march beset with all evils, and the heart fails little by little at each new terror, the bones rebel at each step, the mind sets up its own bitter resistance and to what end? The barriers sink one by one, and no covering of the eyes shuts out the landscape of disaster, nor the sight of crimes committed there.” ― Katherine Anne Porter, Pale Horse, Pale Rider

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kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,920 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Happy Birthday Jamaica Kincaid "I had been a girl of whom certain things were expected, none of them too bad: a career as a nurse, for example; a sense of duty to my parents; obedience to the law and worship of convention. But in one year of being away from home, that girl had gone out of existence." ― Jamaica Kincaid Read "Girl" in the New Yorker.

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kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,920 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Today is also the birthday of Raymond Carver. “I loved you so much once. I did. More than anything in the whole wide world. Imagine that. What a laugh that is now. Can you believe it? We were so intimate once upon a time I can't believe it now. The memory of being that intimate with somebody. We were so intimate I could puke. I can't imagine ever being that intimate with somebody else. I haven't been.” ― Raymond Carver, Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories

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05-25-2016, 01:02 PM	#3103
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,920 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." - Mark Twain Today is the first recorded sighting of Halley's Comet which appeared on the day of Mark Twain's birth and on the day of his death.

05-25-2016, 06:59 PM	#3104
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	"The chances of finding out what’s really going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied." ~Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

05-27-2016, 06:59 AM	#3105
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,920 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	"There is some wonderful seriousness to the business of living, and one is not exempted by being a poet. You have to take some precautions with your health. You have to manage your money intelligently and respect your emotional obligations. There is another world — I see this — there is chaos, and we are suspended above it by a thread. But the thread holds." - John Cheever The Journals of John Cheever