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I would be interested in finding out what tidbits of the literary universe have embedded themselves in the concious of our society. That been said, what Quotes from what books have stuck with you through the years? You can have more than one favorite... lets just start making a big 'ol wonderful list.


I'll start ;
"Remember, the Gate is Down" - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
"Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable?" - Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
"Fact is we haven't got a prayer" Armor by John Steakley


Edit: changed title to broaden thread to include any kind of literature. Kilt.

"I know this ship like the back of my hand" Scotty from "The Voyage Home" right before he knocks himself out on a support beam.


I realize this isn't a book but it is fictiuon and it was SOOOO FUNNY!

It's not SciFi or even books BUUUTT I just love:

Yule Brunner in the King and I wrote: So Let it Be Written - So Let It Be Done

Kilt

My mind is a junkyard

I USE this one frequently!

Here is a Sherlock question - we are going for prize #3 -
Brad_H has the 1st 2 prizes...

Who said this? - What was the title of the book? - and who was the author?

Kilt

No clue, Kilt.

Here's another interesting quote:

"There are no hard problems - only problems that are hard for a given level of intelligence"

From here ... http://www.sysopmind.com/singularity.html

i had a great quote too
it was from part of the titus crow series, writ by brian lumley, inspired by hplc-
when henri laurent de marigny (spllng?) was trying to reattain the world of dreams, but he was too energized to pass out
so he found a simple solution
alcohol!
anyways, somewhere amidst the drinking he sang a song about going back to dreamland, i copied it onto my computer, and had it for my background for 2-3 years,
but failing that excellent quote which eludes my mental searchlights
i'd have to quote chuck palahniuk in 'choke' from about every 3rd page

'>blank< isn't the right word, but it's the first word that comes to mind'

From The Gunslinger (Stephen King's Dark Tower book 1): "Go then. There are other worlds than these" (Jake)
Not fantasy, but still good: ". . .And weapons with brains are the most dangerous kind." From Debt of Honor, by TOm Clancy.
And finally: "God forgive me, I HATE critics!" Desperation, by Stephen King.

Ghost... this is a Fiction DB... I welcome a broadening of the horizons. And can I just say Tom Clancy is the man. Great selection of quotes there. There is a quote of Clancy's that I have in my head and need to look up so I can post it here... Clancy has great stuff.

"(He) won't stop at sarcasm. He might use .... irony."

Nobbs "You dwarves really love gold, don't you?"
Cuddy "Of course we don't. Don't be silly."
Nobbs "Well---"
Cuddy "We just say that to get it into bed."

"Complicated Carrot was as unnerving as being savaged by a duck."

This is mine - its Douglas Adams description of a Rock Band called 'Disaster Area'

'Disaster Area are generally held to be not only the loudest rock band in the Galaxy, but in fact the loudest noise of any kind at all. Regular concert-goers judge that the best sound balance is usually to be heard from within large concrete bunkers positioned some thirty-seven miles from the stage, whilst the musicians themselves play their instruments by remote control from within a heavily insulated spaceship which stays in orbit around the planet - or more frequently, around a completely different planet.

Their songs are on the whole very simple and mostly follow the simple theme of boy-being meets girl-being beneath a silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason.

Many worlds have now banned their act altogether, sometimes for artistic reasons, but more commonly because the band's public address system contravenes local strategic arms limitations treaties.

Their earnings are pushing back the boundaries of pure hypermathematics. Their chief research accountant has recently been appointed Professor of Neo-mathematics at the University of Maximegalon, in recognition of both his General and his Special Theories of Disaster Area Tax Returns, in which he proves that the whole fabric of the space-time continuum is not merely curved, it is in fact totally bent. '

Sounds oddly similar to a band I once played in, except we never, ever got paid......

My favorite, at least right now, has still got to be: "I have no mouth, and I must scream." Says so much in so little.

Ah, a fellow Harlan Ellison fan

Welcome aboard.

Hmmm...favorite quotes...

I've a few:

"Many things lie somewhere, lost in the wreckage of war...innocence not the least of these." --from Into the Fire, by Dennis Mckiernan

"Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat, or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the evil strong. And never allow thoughts of gain to lead you into the pursuit of evil." --from the First Chronicles of Druss the Legend, by David Gemmell.

And here's another one by Gemmell that always brings a tear to my eyes. It is The King Beyond the Gate. The scene that always gets me is a bit of dialogue after the warrior Pagan has battled monstrous Joinings, protecting a group of young childeren. His body is mauled and mangled. The black man lays dying:

"Ceorl pushed his way through to Pagan, kneeling by his side with tears in his eyes.
"'Why?' he said. 'Why did you do this for us?'
"But Pagan was dead.
"Ananais took the lad by the arm. 'He did it because he was a man, a very great man.'
"'He didn't even like children.'
"'I think you are wrong there, boy.'
"'He said so himself. We irritated him, he told me. Why did he let himself get killed for us?'
"Ananais had no answer, but Katan stepped forward.
"'Because he was a hero. And that's what heroes do. You understand?'
"Ceorl nodded. 'I didn't know he was a hero--he didn't say.'
"'Maybe he didn't know,' said Katan."

I don't know why that one always gets me....

Another favorite from the movie Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood: "It's a helluva thing killin' a man. You take everything he's got and everything he's ever gonna have."

That's all I have for now.

Ryan/Aunflin

Brad_H wrote:Ah, a fellow Harlan Ellison fan

Welcome aboard.

Yeah, I love Ellison. He is one of the best writers living. He is even better in person. A very nice fellow (contary what other folk say).

Yep - I've met him in person too.

Shortish, gray-haired, fast talkin, razor-witted, 2-fisted Jewish toughie, ex-airborne ranger ... with a wild yarn and a quick laugh always on his lips, and with a British wife who's cute as a button

Life just doesnt get much better than sitting rapt though one of his legendary 2-hr monologues

Well this is not strictly from SciFi or fantasy. It is more in the nature of being about fantasy.

A. A. Milne wrote:One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. The young man gives it to the girl with whom he is in love, and, if she does not like it, asks her to return his letters. The older man tries it on his nephew, and alters his will accordingly. The book is a test of character. We can't criticize it, because it is criticizing us. But I must give you one word of warning. When you sit down to it, don't be so ridiculous as to suppose that you are sitting in judgment on my taste, or on the art of Kenneth Grahame. You are merely sitting in judgment on yourself. You may be worthy: I don't know, But it is you who are on trial.

This made me laugh - both in surprise and happiness.

The Wind in the Willows was truly one of my good friends as a child - and it has been to long since I last conversed with Toad, Badger, Rat, Mole and the rest of the Riverfolk.

kilt

Since other people did I will quote myself. It was in reply to something somone said, so here it goes.

Anna: What do you mean?

Myself: What don't I mean?"

Well I am quoting a whole chapter from a book, classic SciFI, official 9th grade book for level 1 in Downingtown Area School District.

"Nothing much else happened that night."

What Book and what Chapter?

Digital cookies to whoever gets it.


magicfan241

In Dune- Near the end ,when Feyd-Rautha calls out for combat.

Paul- Can you take him Gurney?

Gurney- MY LORD JESTS!!

"why me?" - numerous confused and put upn heroes and sidekicks across the multiverse. Garion comes to mind as an example

"... That would be bad."

That's one of Charlie Pellegrino's favorite concluding lines of understatement, after explaining why certain things, if done, would be colossally stupid/bad/deadly.

I've heard him using it in multiple contexts over the years ... including this one time when he was being interviewed at Brookhaven National Labs, and the clueless interviewer asked him is a large piece of nearby equipment (in this case, part of the magnetic supercooling equipment for the main sub-atomic collider) that was emitting a loud hum could be shut down.

Charlie's classic response ... "Erm ... that would be BAAAAD ..."

It was like that scene in Ghostbuster I when "D*ckless" ordered the containment field shut down, releasing all the captured ghosts.

c'est le pigeon, Joseph - J. Joyce's Ulysses.

It is the 100th anniversary of bloomsday tomorrow, so I've just started it...