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[SF_and_Coffee]

Classic literary references FTW!

[Whytewytch]

Classic literary references FTW!

[Gatefan1976]

I read far too much

[Amara D'Angeli]

I do have the occasional flash of plot, but it is a little thing that affects me. A slight disorder of the stomach makes it cheat. It may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!!!

Ah, Dickens. Not quoted oft enough.

[Amara D'Angeli]

I read far too much

Surely, there's no such thing!

[SF_and_Coffee]

I read far too much

Next you'll be telling us you have a perpetual motion machine in your garage.

[Gatefan1976]

Ah, Dickens. Not quoted oft enough.

I must admit I am not a huge fan of Dickens, but every peice of work has a line, a phrase that resonates on some kind of level with us does it not?

[Gatefan1976]

Next you'll be telling us you have a perpetual motion machine in your garage.

No, just in my head. Probably why I sleep so badly

[Amara D'Angeli]

I must admit I am not a huge fan of Dickens, but every peice of work has a line, a phrase that resonates on some kind of level with us does it not?

I'm not a Dickens fan either, but he did have a way of turning a phrase. Personally, I'm more apt to quote Vonnegut.

[Gatefan1976]

Surely, there's no such thing!

I do read an aweful lot...........

[Gatefan1976]

I'm not a Dickens fan either, but he did have a way of turning a phrase. Personally, I'm more apt to quote Vonnegut.

He did, didn't he

[selene0789]

I do have the occasional flash of plot, but it is a little thing that affects me. A slight disorder of the stomach makes it cheat. It may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!!!

Bwahahah!!! Excellent reference, sir! Well done!

[selene0789]

I must admit I am not a huge fan of Dickens, but every peice of work has a line, a phrase that resonates on some kind of level with us does it not?

Not true. I don't recall any quotes from Twilight. Vague, sparkly shapes, sure... but not any actual words.

Though a quote from my friend-- who was actually describing the third of the new Star Wars installments at the time-- sticks out in my mind. His version of Padme-to-Anakin on the lava planet: "But, Ani! My love for you is like a loving river of loving love! I love you!"

Hah. How apt.


But, if you were intending to specify that literature has quotes/lines that resonate with us, then yes. Most literature resonates on some level for me. And I italicize literature because this literature is the pretentious kind of literature.

Oh, goodness, it must be late if I'm rambling this bad...

[Gatefan1976]

Not true. I don't recall any quotes from Twilight. Vague, sparkly shapes, sure... but not any actual words.

To be fair, even I stopped 56 pages into Twilight, it's been one of the few books I can remember that has stopped me from continuing reading. However, if it did not contain *something*, I doubt it would have succeeded the way it did.

Though a quote from my friend-- who was actually describing the third of the new Star Wars installments at the time-- sticks out in my mind. His version of Padme-to-Anakin on the lava planet: "But, Ani! My love for you is like a loving river of loving love! I love you!"

I prefer Clerks.
"My love, is like a truck BESERKER!!"

But, if you were intending to specify that literature has quotes/lines that resonate with us, then yes. Most literature resonates on some level for me. And I italicize literature because this literature is the pretentious kind of literature.

Oh, goodness, it must be late if I'm rambling this bad...

Yes, I mean Literature. Many things I personally dislike have value to people, but that does not mean that thier perception has no value either. I love Shakespeare, yet many people do not. I enjoy "gothic horror" yet many would dismiss it as "hack work".
It's all based on perception.

[Princess Awinita]

I have no plot, I seem to have misplaced it years ago

I do not mean funeral plot there Gatefan