what made chose your signatures?

[cacian]

I find reading member's signature quite interesting.
they are like little proverbs to me.
I wrote mines because I enjoy writing quotes.


which signature from members of this forum have you noticed or like best?
I noticed

PoeticPassion's one:


Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires." -William Blake
and

iamnobody's


I like poetry,long walks on the beach and poking dead things with a stick.

quite strong stuff I dare say.
I am not sure I understand what they mean though.

[qimissung]

I like them, too. Where did you get yours, Cacian?

Mona Amon has:

exit, pursued by a bear

which is a stage direction from one of Shakespeare's plays, and someone else (again I've forgotten the person) has

I bite my thumb at you

which is one of my favorite lines from Romeo and Juliet.

[YesNo]

I added mine because I'm reading Don Juan which is the subject of another thread here. I'm hoping to replace it soon with some other quote from that poem.

[Dark Muse]

I love Edgar Allen Poe, and I have this personal expression of mine: "I stared into the eyes of the abyss and it looked back and winked" And I felt this line from Poe's "The Raven" reflects a similar idea. It captures my allure to the darkness and teetering decent into madness. Also I thought it complicated the visual image well, which has come to be popularly known as "Vampire" (though such was not the original intended title of the picture)

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Mine seemed apt for this, or any, forum. It's from the brilliant film The Big Lebowski.

[Charles Darnay]

I change mine from time to time, but keep within the frame of literature

[cacian]

I like them, too. Where did you get yours, Cacian?

Someone, I forget who (sorry) has:

exit, chased by a bear

which is a stage direction from one of Shakespeare's plays, and someone else (again I've forgotten the person) has

I bite my thumb at you

which is one of my favorite lines from Romeo and Juliet.

Hi qimissung

I wrote mine.
I agree that the two you quoted,from Shakespeare, are unusual and stand out.
I did not know about them so I am glad you brought them up:smile5:

[cacian]

I added mine because I'm reading Don Juan which is the subject of another thread here. I'm hoping to replace it soon with some other quote from that poem.

interesting verse indeed..
I did read and for some reason it does not flow as a poem but more as a play.
I did look up DonJuan and I was surprised it did not flow as a poem.

[cacian]

I love Edgar Allen Poe, and I have this personal expression of mine: "I stared into the eyes of the abyss and it looked back and winked" And I felt this line from Poe's "The Raven" reflects a similar idea. It captures my allure to the darkness and teetering decent into madness. Also I thought it complicated the visual image well, which has come to be popularly known as "Vampire" (though such was not the original intended title of the picture)

I actually prefer yours because winking break down that barrier of eeryness that is usually felt in darkness.

[cacian]

I change mine from time to time, but keep within the frame of literature

vita sini libris mors est
as in
life without freedom is death?

[kiki1982]

My first is the motto of a famous Flemish (at least in Flanders ;)) comic strip character.

My second I added a while ago, because it was so wonderful, beautiful and clever that it made me cry. :nopity: My husband didn't get why it was so beautiful :confused:.

[Charles Darnay]

vita sini libris mors est
as in
life without freedom is death?

Libris = 3rd person plural dat/acc of "book"

It's one of those annoying Latin words because of the similarity to freedom

[mona amon]

I like them, too. Where did you get yours, Cacian?

Someone, I forget who (sorry) has:

exit, chased by a bear

That's me, and I'm so glad you like it! :D

I love it. It's very short, totally absurd and hilarious as a stage direction, and it's by Shakespere, so very appropriate for a literature forum. :)

I like short signatures (low attention span :) )My favourite is forum member Virgil's Let there be light.

[stlukesguild]

I actually have a couple large files in which I have collected quotes and aphorisms by writers, artists, composers... even scientists and political leaders. I use a variety of them on various art/music/lit forums. One favorite is by Curly Howard of the Three Stooges fame: "If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do":banana:

[marcolfo]

mine is from "almost famous",
because well i'm always home, and i'm just not cool.

[LunarPlexus]

I haven't been around nearly enough to really check out people's signatures, but I do like Mona Amon's just because it's hilarious. Being "pursued by a bear" is a super inconvenient reason to have to exit a conversation

I chose mine because I've always liked the idea of unfulfilled human potential, and thought Lovecraft's quote rang true. Plus, I hate putting my own observations into a siggy...it makes me feel like an ego-freak to try and preserve anything I've ever had to say.

[qimissung]

That's me, and I'm so glad you like it! :D

I love it. It's very short, totally absurd and hilarious as a stage direction, and it's by Shakespere, so very appropriate for a literature forum. :)

I like short signatures (low attention span :) )My favourite is forum member Virgil's Let there be light.

Yes, I love the absurdity of it. Love yours too, DM, MM, and Marco! Haha, pretty funny, StLuke's.

That's quite clever of you, cacian, to write your own. I, too, find people's signatures interesting.

[cacian]

That's me, and I'm so glad you like it! :D

I love it. It's very short, totally absurd and hilarious as a stage direction, and it's by Shakespere, so very appropriate for a literature forum. :)

I like short signatures (low attention span :) )My favourite is forum member Virgil's Let there be light.

let there be light is great indeed!
I agree the bear and the exit is an odd mix but still very odd:smile5:

let there be music and dance hehe I say:smile5:

[cacian]

Libris = 3rd person plural dat/acc of "book"

It's one of those annoying Latin words because of the similarity to freedom

It is true annoyingly similar.

[hampusforev]

I don't like Oscar Wilde

[Sancho Panza]

As Don Quixote is my favourite book of all time and Sancho Panza is the greatest character in that book, I thought it fitting to include a quote of his as my signature. I thought that the allusion to "mere flim-flam stories" was somewhat ironic for a forum dedicated to literature.

[Dark Muse]

I actually prefer yours because winking break down that barrier of eeryness that is usually felt in darkness.

It is suggestive of my very intimate relationship with darkness. I wrote a poem along similar lines about the Grim Reaper coming for this man, but instead of being this scary, daunting looking phantom figure, Death is a perfect gentleman, and the man invites him in for dinner and they chat pleasantly until it was time for Death to carry his soul away.

[LunarPlexus]

I don't like Oscar Wilde

Yours is definitely in my top ten!

I also really like JuniperWoolf's: That is not dead which can eternal lie,
and with strage aeons even death may die."
-H. P. Lovecraft

Also from Call of Cthulhu (Read as something from the Necronomicon), like mine :)

[Pierre Menard]

Borges is probably my all time favourite writer. I just had to have a quote of his. I'd of felt dirty if I didn't. :P

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I also like to read the little titles people write for themselves under their name. Mine's four curse words.

[JuniperWoolf]

I also really like JuniperWoolf's.

Ahthankyou. It was either that or "Things have learned to walk which ought to crawl."

Why? Because I live Lovecraft's brand of strange and creepy.


I also like to read the little titles people write for themselves under their name. Mine's four curse words.

The outrageously self-involved ones make me laugh. Remember the brief Litnet Nazi? His moniker was "The Chosen One."

Mine's a mishmash allusion to my SN and Doctor Who.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Remember the brief Litnet Nazi? .

Actually, not right off. To which are you referring. I always like looking up posts from past trolls for a laugh.

[JuniperWoolf]

This (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/member.php?u=62462) guy. Calling him a Nazi isn't even a hyperbole, he loved Hitler and hated Jews, women and black people. If you so much as mentioned Kafka, he went apesh*t.

[Charles Darnay]

This (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/member.php?u=62462) guy. Calling him a Nazi isn't even a hyperbole, he loved Hitler and hated Jews, women and black people. If you so much as mentioned Kafka, he went apesh*t.

you were not kidding. Wow. Missed that one.

[PoeticPassions]

Glad you like one of my quotes in my signature, Cacian.

I am quite a fan of William Blake, and the quote I use is from the proverbs section in his poem 'Marriage of Heaven and Hell.' Basically I agree with him... because he implies that it is better to nip a budding desire right away than to let it grow and not act on it (kill the baby in the cradle rather than nurse it without acting on it). Blake views passivity as being sinful, and against creation and energy, though at the same time, activity and energy are equated with Satan's domain... but these contraries must exist. He does not see things as black and white, as evil and good... hence the marriage of heaven and hell. (of course this is all an over-simplification, but I did not want to go too much into it...)

[Helga]

Glad you like one of my quotes in my signature, Cacian.

I am quite a fan of William Blake, and the quote I use is from the proverbs section in his poem 'Marriage of Heaven and Hell.' Basically I agree with him... because he implies that it is better to nip a budding desire right away than to let it grow and not act on it (kill the baby in the cradle rather than nurse it without acting on it). Blake views passivity as being sinful, and against creation and energy, though at the same time, activity and energy are equated with Satan's domain... but these contraries must exist. He does not see things as black and white, as evil and good... hence the marriage of heaven and hell. (of course this is all an over-simplification, but I did not want to go too much into it...)

I love Blake, and your quote is probably my favorite.

I change mine often except for the Frida one, I like it. The Shaw one I have now is because this is something I am always trying to do, and Morrissey I just love him and he is easy to quote.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

This (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/member.php?u=62462) guy. Calling him a Nazi isn't even a hyperbole, he loved Hitler and hated Jews, women and black people. If you so much as mentioned Kafka, he went apesh*t.

Ah yes. I remember Griffith.

[Dark Muse]

I also like to read the little titles people write for themselves under their name. Mine's four curse words.

Haha

Mine is a combination of two different aspects of myself that are equally imporant to me. The rarely seen but sometimes rumored of in whispers, sensitive side, with the harder outer edge. I am a poet that embodies the spirit of a warrior. Also it suggests my ability and willingness to go to combat with my words.

Some say the pen is mightier than the sword, I say they both have thier proper time and place, and so I will just as willingly wiled one as the other depending on the circumstance.

[Charles Darnay]

Haha

Mine is a combination of two different aspects of myself that are equally imporant to me. The rarely seen but sometimes rumored of in whispers, sensitive side, with the harder outer edge. I am a poet that embodies the spirit of a warrior. Also it suggests my ability and willingness to go to combat with my words.

You're like Egil, the Icelandic poet-warlord :)


Some say the pen is mightier than the sword, I say they both have thier proper time and place, and so I will just as willingly wiled one as the other depending on the circumstance.

You could get one of these:
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/59632/59632,1239862210,1/stock-photo-combined-image-of-a-medieval-sword-and-a-vintage-writer-s-pen-28666450.jpg

[Dark Muse]

You're like Egil, the Icelandic poet-warlord :)



You could get one of these:
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/59632/59632,1239862210,1/stock-photo-combined-image-of-a-medieval-sword-and-a-vintage-writer-s-pen-28666450.jpg

I do have Viking blood, and yes, I so need that.