Quotes (Literature)

[Matrixdude]

Hey all FFR-ers! This is a thread filled with your favorite quotes from literature!

Recently I've gotten into reading a lot and I must say that literary quotes are one of my loves. I am very intrigued by quotes that are so captivating as to implore you to think about them and that sound beautiful at the same time. I enjoy random quotes from random authors and I thought that here we could share our favorite quotes from any piece of literature.

It will be a grand collection of wondrous creativity!

When you post a quote, tell us who wrote it, from what literary work it is from, and, if you feel like it, tell us why you like it and what it means to you.

I'll start off with a few of my favorites:

From one of my favorite authors, Robert Frost, comes perhaps my favorite quote I've ever read. This particular quote comes from Frost's poem titled Mending Wall.

Something there is that doesn't love a wall

It is actually the first line in this poem and it immediately caught my attention. Obviously the context in the poem makes it a little more clear as to what he is talking about but that combination of words just struck me as odd.

From this line alone it raises a bunch of questions: What doesn't love a wall? What's the point in loving a wall? How exactly is this line said (what is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables)? etc.

Not to mention it will confuse most people to no end when you say it to them!

My second quote is from my personal favorite author, Edgar Allan Poe. Poe's work is truly terrifying and I can't imagine how readers must have felt when Poe had originally written his works. This quote is from a very familiar poem to most people, The Raven.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,/Doubting

I knew of this quote long before I had ever read any literature by Poe, mainly because of one of the greatest Gamecube games, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. Before the game begins, even before the title screen, these words are written over a black screen with a deep voice saying them. I immediately fell in love as it created such an eerie atmosphere that stays with you even after you finish playing the game.

This quote had such an impact on me that it made me fall in love with the rest of Poe's work and I can't get enough of it.


So now, community of FFR, post your favorite literary quotes for us all to enjoy! I would love to read some I have never read before.

[All_That_Chaz]

Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

[sakura080789]

Matt Tucci - The Aeterna Blood this is my book im not sure if it counts

Humans are so cute when they beg

[Matrixdude]

That perfectly alright, Sakura. Why exactly do you like that quote though? What does it mean to you and what is the context in which it is used?

I'm interested in the quote but I have no clue what to think about it.

Chaz has a great example of a quote I'd like to see in this thread, it's interesting, has something to say, and requires multiple readings (at least for me haha).

[sakura080789]

Originally Posted by Matrixdude

That perfectly alright, Sakura. Why exactly do you like that quote though? What does it mean to you and what is the context in which it is used?

I'm interested in the quote but I have no clue what to think about it.

Well my book is a vampire novel i hate twilight with a passion so i decided to write mine to prove how vampires are really suppose to act.

To me it means that the vampire who said it is cruel, sick, and sadistic and the line proves it and plus it seems just like a vampire line.

The context is pretty much a human begging for his life to her. then her mind set is snatching him from his family and friends so that brings her to her natural vampire instincts to say that line.

i hope that explains it

[Rubin0]

I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. D.H. Lawrence.