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July 16, 2007 at 1:39 am #600719
I read a lot of English Literature, not because I have to since its my major but as a general hobby. I’ve found many good ones over the years and thought, why not share and see some of your favorite quotes too? I thought it would be a fun little post.
I guess I’ll start by giving one of my all time favorites.
“Beware all enterprizes that require new clothes.”
~Thoreau
July 16, 2007 at 1:39 am #491959July 16, 2007 at 1:40 am #600720“Don’t make me bite you in hard to reach places!”
I would help but I am just to tired to get out of bed today~
Engaged to a WeaselJuly 16, 2007 at 4:12 am #600721“Pants are for winter and shorts are for…” says the mom.
“Company?” says the little boy who hates clothes.July 18, 2007 at 3:02 pm #600722This was one of my favorites back in high school, and I still remember it, but I don’t remember who wrote it 😳 , please help!
“Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget
That sunrise never failed us yet”July 18, 2007 at 5:29 pm #600723I like this one and I will probably add more (great thread):
If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.Margaret Thatcher.
July 18, 2007 at 5:37 pm #600724The long road hurried to nowhere and had no end. – Peter S. Beagle, “The Last Unicorn”
It’s hard to give up being a hero. – Peter S. Beagle, “The Last Unicorn”
July 18, 2007 at 9:35 pm #600725Probably one of my favorite Quotes. It’s from Oscar Wilde’s play “An Ideal Husband”
“Father, if we men married the women we deserve, we should have a very bad time of it”
Lord Goring to Lord CavershamJuly 18, 2007 at 9:46 pm #600726boskydragon wrote:This was one of my favorites back in high school, and I still remember it, but I don’t remember who wrote it 😳 , please help!
“Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget
That sunrise never failed us yet”
I like this one. I wish I knew who wrote it.July 18, 2007 at 9:59 pm #600727dragonessjade wrote:boskydragon wrote:This was one of my favorites back in high school, and I still remember it, but I don’t remember who wrote it 😳 , please help!
“Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget
That sunrise never failed us yet”
I like this one. I wish I knew who wrote it.
Celia Thaxter wrote it. Y’all should Google stuff 😉July 18, 2007 at 10:34 pm #600728Aw, thanks.
July 19, 2007 at 12:43 am #600729“Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.”
Im not telling people where my quotes come from i want them to guess.
I would help but I am just to tired to get out of bed today~
Engaged to a WeaselJuly 19, 2007 at 12:56 am #600730I’m guessing Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 😉
July 19, 2007 at 2:44 am #600731starbreeze wrote:I’m guessing Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 😉
And she wins a cigar! Anybody guess the first one yet?
I would help but I am just to tired to get out of bed today~
Engaged to a WeaselJuly 19, 2007 at 3:10 am #600732dragonessjade wrote:I like this one and I will probably add more (great thread):
Thank you, I try, though they are few and far between.
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