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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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