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    I started Faulkner in the 10th grade, so I was about 16. My class was divided into groups of 5 and each group had to analyze "The Bear." Each person in the group had to take one chapter, and because I was the one who read all of the time, my group decided I should get Chapter 4 with all of the stream of consciousness stuff. I was fascinated by the emotional struggle of Ike and his reaction to his own history, so from that moment on, I was hooked.
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    Mine is

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    For future reference it was 'one if by land, two if by sea.'

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    lol
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    Re: PS

    Originally posted by Zorrinea
    I forgot to mention: My fav quotes (If anyone really cares) are:
    'I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.'

    'Against overwhelming odds, you will lose!'

    I don't know who said any of these...............so please don't ask! :P
    confuscious said the 'i hear ..' thingy. i like that last one, but i don't know who that's by.
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    Originally posted by alatar
    cogito ergo sum - Descartes

    errare humanum est - Cicero

    exigua pars est vitae quam nos vivimus - Seneca

    meminerunt omnia amantes - Ovid

    semper flamma flummo proxima - Plautus

    nihil tam absurdum quod non dictum sit ab aliquo - Cicero

    nihil homini amico est opportuno amicius - Plautus

    si post fata venit gloria non propero - Martial

    O xein', aggellein Lakedaimoniois 'oti têde
    keimetha, tois keinôn 'rêmasi peithomenoi. - Simonides
    i know the first two, but can someone translate the rest?
    Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
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    okay, will look at it, but just the Latin ones
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    thanks, jay.
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    thanks admin for bringing this back!
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    yeah-this is a great thread!
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    but we need some new quotes here... come on forum members! I need to have SOMETHING to mock... :-D
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    Originally posted by imthefoolonthehill
    but we need some new quotes here... come on forum members! I need to have SOMETHING to mock... :-D
    I'm sure this one is mockable....

    "Life happens and doesn't always go the way we want it to." ~ Karma

    This is one from a very dear friend regarding the passing of her fiance....

    "the only way through pain is heart first" ~ Mrs Kevin Wynne

    A quote from which I know none of you will understand the fourth line, lol.

    "cry, because you need to
    smile, because you deserve it
    laugh, because its music to his ears
    and smack your *** and yell knockstar" ~ Mrs Kevin Wynne

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    doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected.

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    Have patience Faye, will hopefully be able to post the translations on Thursday... sorry
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