Favourite quote from any book.

hicornycob · Postby **hicornycob** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:32 pm

Post your favorite line from any book and comment on other peoples favorite lines.
"Now you've opened the door, all sorts of things are coming through," he said aloud. "I don't want to seem critical, Em, but you shouldn't really be having those kinds of thoughts, you know."
She glared at him for a moment. Then she jumped down from the bed and stalked away.
"Are you blushing, Em?" he asked mildly.
She turned and hissed at him.
-Althalus
The Redemption of Althalus

Kinders · Postby **Kinders** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 6:16 pm

The little prince went off to look at the roses again.

"None of you is at all like my rose. As yet you are nothing," he told them. "Nobody has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first encountered him. He was just a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I made him my friend and now he is unique in the world."

And the roses were greatly embarassed.

"You are beautiful but you are empty," he continued. "One cannot die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passer-by would believe that my very own rose looked just like you, but she is far more important than all of you because she is the one I have watered. And it is she that I have placed under a glass dome. And it is she that I have sheltered behind a screen. And it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars (except for the two or three saved to become butterflies). And it is she I have listened to complaining or boasting or sometimes remaining silent. Because she is my rose."

From The Little Prince

jopari · Postby **jopari** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:33 pm

"flying is easy. all you have to do is throw yourself at the ground and forget how to fall." -hitchhiker's guide (so long and thanks, i believe)

or something to that effect.

Naomi Silvertongue · Postby **Naomi Silvertongue** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:11 am

You know that you misspelled quote in your title right Corny??

Demoniac_Demi_God · Postby **Demoniac_Demi_God** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:19 am

jopari wrote:"flying is easy. all you have to do is throw yourself at the ground and forget how to fall." -hitchhiker's guide (so long and thanks, i believe)

Brilliant book. I personally like "The only moral one can pull from this story is that one must never throw the letter Q into a privet bush." (Life, The Universe and Everything I think)

darkemagick · Postby **darkemagick** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:59 pm

Or 'Don't panic.' So true.

My favorite quote is from Fight Club. "You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are decaying organic material just like everyone else.' or something close to it - I don't have the exact quote.

Dante · Postby **Dante** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:48 pm

Best from Fight Club is:

"You have to consider the possibility that God does not like you. In all probability, he hates you. We are god's unwanted children; so be it."

There's no way that's the proper quote, but I'm sure you know what i mean.

Trillian · Postby **Trillian** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:00 pm

Naomi Silvertongue wrote:You know that you misspelled quote in your title right Corny??

Fixed.

All_That_Jazz · Postby **All_That_Jazz** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:01 am

Don't have the quote with me, but the last paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities.... :cry:

Max · Postby **Max** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:55 am

Well, please, don't quote the ending of a book I haven't read!

..Although you'd probably have used spoiler tags.

All_That_Jazz · Postby **All_That_Jazz** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:52 am

Yes, I would have - the very last paragraph doesn't really give away what happens at the end, though...but the ending is very surprising/important...and now I'll stop talking. :wink:

eniamrahc · Postby **eniamrahc** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:16 pm

Kinders wrote:The little prince went off to look at the roses again.

"None of you is at all like my rose. As yet you are nothing," he told them. "Nobody has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first encountered him. He was just a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I made him my friend and now he is unique in the world."

And the roses were greatly embarassed.

"You are beautiful but you are empty," he continued. "One cannot die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passer-by would believe that my very own rose looked just like you, but she is far more important than all of you because she is the one I have watered. And it is she that I have placed under a glass dome. And it is she that I have sheltered behind a screen. And it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars (except for the two or three saved to become butterflies). And it is she I have listened to complaining or boasting or sometimes remaining silent. Because she is my rose."

From The Little Prince

I loved that part too.

Um, favourite quotes? Sometimes I find a way to slip them into my signature. I have too many to remember.

Enitharmon · Postby **Enitharmon** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:33 pm

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

WednesdayGlory · Postby **WednesdayGlory** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:17 am

hmm...these are all that I can think of at this time:

"I do not love the sword for it's brightness, the arrow for it's swiftness nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."-Faramir, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

"I'm trying to eliminate my ego but that action is ego itself."-Frank McCourt, 'Tis

and I love "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

everlasting · Postby **everlasting** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:48 pm

Arwen (LOTR) "There is now no ship that would bear me hence, and I must indeed abide the Doom of Men: the loss and the silence...." Lol as u can probably see from my name

and "The world is quiet here" from SoUE

Rocket · Postby **Rocket** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:24 pm

All that is gold does not glitter
not all those who wander are lost
the old who are strong do not wither
deep roots are not reached by the frost
from the ashes a fire shall be woken
a light from the shadows shall spring
renewed will be blade that was broken
the crownless again shall be king

The Lord of the Rings. I think its from Return of the King.

misterminiver · Postby **misterminiver** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:19 pm

A couple of Ursula le Guin's
(On girls who ran off with bandit groups) 'they came back a few months later, sullen, bruised and pregnant.'
(on being underdround, with a complete absence of light) 'The darkness pressed against open eyes like wet felt.'

From Edith Wharton's 'The Touchstone'
It is only our failure to realise just how well our loved ones know us that enables us to live with them.

Jameson · Postby **Jameson** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:38 pm

Give her Hell for us, Peeves!

Best scene ever. EVER.

Starshade · Postby **Starshade** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:11 pm

Antionette Bax - I hope your not ~*bullpineapples*~ us Clavain
Clavain - I hope I'm not ~*bullpineapples*~ you either

Just cos, I laughed at that bit.
Alastair Reynolds - Redemption Ark

jopari · Postby **jopari** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:48 am

Jameson wrote:Give her Hell for us, Peeves!
Best scene ever. EVER.

Indeed. I will see the fifth movie just so I can see that. Bloody brilliant. I just hope HBP can be as good.

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