Favorite Literary Quotes (short ones!)
"On an elephant. A dear, meal-sack elephant." - Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up
(I would include the sentence after that, but I don't want to give away too much if you haven't read it.)
(I would include the sentence after that, but I don't want to give away too much if you haven't read it.)
For the time being, I'll need a little more time than usual to PL sections that come in on weekdays. Thanks for your patience.
Sarah
Sarah
“If there is a hell to which disputatious, uncivil, vituperative lawyers go, let it be one in which the damned are eternally locked in discovery disputes with other lawyers of equally repugnant attributes.”
--Dahl v. City of Huntington Beach, 84 F.3d 363, 364 (9th Cir. 1996) (cit.om.).
--Dahl v. City of Huntington Beach, 84 F.3d 363, 364 (9th Cir. 1996) (cit.om.).
Louise
"every little breeze..."
Fun Fact: 40% of all statistics are wrong.
"every little breeze..."
Fun Fact: 40% of all statistics are wrong.
-
- Posts: 5874
- Joined: November 24th, 2005, 3:54 am
- Location: Chigwell (North-East London, U.K.)
Too much contact with people brings conflict, hatred, and attachments. To rid myself of inner conflicts and hatreds, I must walk.
Santoka Taneda (zen monk).
Santoka Taneda (zen monk).
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
-
- Posts: 5874
- Joined: November 24th, 2005, 3:54 am
- Location: Chigwell (North-East London, U.K.)
... and then there's Noel Coward:
There are bad times just around the corner,
There are dark clouds hurtling through the sky
And it's no use whining
About a silver lining
For we know from experience that they won't roll by.
Peter
There are bad times just around the corner,
There are dark clouds hurtling through the sky
And it's no use whining
About a silver lining
For we know from experience that they won't roll by.
Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
Louise
"every little breeze..."
Fun Fact: 40% of all statistics are wrong.
"every little breeze..."
Fun Fact: 40% of all statistics are wrong.
OK, since I am encouraged, here's another great one...
"Above the turrets, like a wing ripped from the body of an eagle, a solitary cloud moved northwards through the awakening air quilled with blood."
Louise
"every little breeze..."
Fun Fact: 40% of all statistics are wrong.
"every little breeze..."
Fun Fact: 40% of all statistics are wrong.
"...my dreams appall me."
Chapter 1 & opening scene in Wuthering Heights
Chapter 1 & opening scene in Wuthering Heights
From "A Gentleman Of Leisure" by P.G. Wodehouse:
Some policemen are born grafters, some achieve graft, and some have graft thrust upon them. Mr. McEachern had begun by being the first, had risen to the second, and for some years now had been a prominent member of the small and hugely-prosperous third-class, the class which does not go out seeking graft, but sits at home and lets graft come to them.
Some policemen are born grafters, some achieve graft, and some have graft thrust upon them. Mr. McEachern had begun by being the first, had risen to the second, and for some years now had been a prominent member of the small and hugely-prosperous third-class, the class which does not go out seeking graft, but sits at home and lets graft come to them.
zachh wrote: ↑April 20th, 2023, 3:36 pm From "A Gentleman Of Leisure" by P.G. Wodehouse:
Some policemen are born grafters, some achieve graft, and some have graft thrust upon them. Mr. McEachern had begun by being the first, had risen to the second, and for some years now had been a prominent member of the small and hugely-prosperous third-class, the class which does not go out seeking graft, but sits at home and lets graft come to them.
Louise
"every little breeze..."
Fun Fact: 40% of all statistics are wrong.
"every little breeze..."
Fun Fact: 40% of all statistics are wrong.