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"I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed." (From "Frankenstein")
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'This was it. This was bloody IT! I didn't know what 'it' was yet but by God this was it and that was enough for me'- The Yes Man
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"That's some catch, that Catch-22," Catch 22 - Joseph Hellier Spawned an imortal line for everyone.
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. ~Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891 This is always my favorite quote when I want to chose to be lazy.
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"It was a dark and stormy night" Most of the books that I read start off like that.
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" NO animal shall sleep in a bed...:WITH SHEETS" Animal Farm... ( how society/governments, changes/bends its own rules...)
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"Droppings in my path" General Freed not remembering the book
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Our souls are like those orphans whose unwed mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it. H. Melville - from Moby Dick
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"and the lord said, let there be light" Science Fiction writing at its best.
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I hope a comic book is ok. This is a line from Alan Moore's masterpiece, Watchmen: Rorschach: None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me. [to other prison inmates]
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"All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others." Animal Farm
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I am the rock in your garden, you are the flowers in mine - Mother to child, I can't remember the name of the book
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"Violence is the last resource from the incompetent" Asimov - Foundation
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Raoul Duke : "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die." From Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas.
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If it's "formal" quoting, i'd say "Good Night! Good Night! Parting is such sweet sorrow."-Romeo and Juliet. As for humor, i'd say "Look, an undead monkey." From Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Man's Chest (Wait... thats a movie)
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"It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done; It is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known." Sydney Carton "A Tale of Two Cities"
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"We all float down here..." From 'IT', by Stephen King. Something about that line, that one simple little line, really speaks to me, maybe it's not as deep out of context, but if you've read the book, you'll have some idea.
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Before I tell you that story let me tell you this story! In all Captain Underpants Books By Dav Pilkey!
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"Who is John Galt?" from Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.
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"?" said the stranger. --The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
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Marley was dead; to begin with. Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. (opening line)
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"When you remove all the possibilities, whatever is left, no matter how improbable, must be the answer"...Sherlock Holmes. I think it's from "The Sign Of Four", but I'm too tired to think about it right now!
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"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.” A bunch of others, too, but I can't think of them right now... I've got a kind of roadblock in my mind.
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"I can't think about that now, if I think about it I'll go crazy....I'll think about that t'morrow"..Scarlett O'Hara.
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. .. you should never argue with an idiot they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
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i was the symbol of what you wanted to destroy in the world... but were the symbol of what i wanted to achieved... -john galt to dagny taggart... -atlas shrugged by ayn rand
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"It is bewitching the idea that one's happiness depends entirely upon one person. It is not always possible, we must accept." Jane Austen's-Sense and Sensibility
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Greater love hath no man than this. That a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 KJV
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"Behind your thoughts and feelings, my brother, there stands a mighty ruler. An unknown sage - whose name is self. In your body he dwells; he is your body. There is more reason in your body than in your best wisdom." Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
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If you don't know what to believe, you will never believe what you know. (Futuroception)
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Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls.
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'There was madness in any direction, at any hour. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning.' - Hunter S Thompson
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The Big Brother is Watching You
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"Now that is one big fish!" from Jaws.
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