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Beware the Ides of March
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Mar 15, 2009 07:08PM
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"The truth is rarely pure and never simple.." - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde "Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it." - The Duchess, Alice in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Tera wrote: "It got me thinking about the best quotes from books. What are some of yours?"Tera, my daughter mentioned "Beware the ides of March" this weekend, she was quizzing me to see if I knew where that came from (she is a history buff).
I don't know if this is actually in one of his books (I've only read one of his so far) but one of my favorite quotes from an author is:
"Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love."
— David McCullough
I fell in love with the Robert Frost poem back in high school and have kept the entire poem in my mind since...good advice!"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. "
I also love the Little Prince quote “Here is my secret. It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. . . . It's the time that you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important. . . . People have forgotten this truth,” the fox said, “But you mustn't forget it. You become responsible for what you've tamed. You're responsible for your rose. . . .”
I got married last year on the Ides of March. No need to worry. :)One of my favorite quotes is "Humans can be fairly ridiculous animals." from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.
Be careful for what you wish forAnd, don't shoot the messenger
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Perhaps the line I quote more than anything to everyone. Most look at me like I'm an idiot but what a great line to say to people.
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"I don't understand why people insist on pitting concepts of evolution and creation against each other. Why can't they see that spiritualism and science are one? That bodies evolve and souls evolve and the universe is a fluid package that marries them both in a wonderful package called a human being. What's wrong with that idea?" - Enzo the dog, The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
Also for Tera, I haven' read The Lord of the Flies since high school (a good 20+ years ago), and I have no idea what "Sucks to your asmar!" means. Could you enlighten me please?
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I can't think of any off the top of my head, I'll have to go flip through my books once I get home. I have always liked Frost's poems, especially the Road Not Taken. Although I remember an English teacher in high school found this funny poem written about someone reading a Frost poem and asking, 'what if he really meant he was walking through the woods, or what if his horse (in Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening) really does get tired and it's really not about death and all this other significance English teachers assign to it?' It was very cute, but I can't find it. So if any of you have any idea what I'm talking about, please link me to it. :)
That one may smile and smile and still be a villian -- Shakespeare
"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home."— Anna Quindlen (How Reading Changed My Life)
I've got some from Gone With The Wind that I just love....With enough courage, you can do without a reputation--Rhett Butler
Lawzy, we got to have a doctor. I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies--Prissy
A cat's a better mother than you--Rhett Butler
My life is over. Nothing will ever happen to me again--Scarlett after being widowed
I can't go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands--Rhett Butler
