I love both quotes, but the Conrad one is very powerful.
Why are you such a pessimist, Shout? Life can be good too. It's both a blessing and a burden. I'll stick with my William Faulkner one. :)
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I think this is the whole thing:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/l...er-speech.html
I see kath has changed hers:D
congrats !
Here's a brief history of my avatars etc:
First I had Darth Vader and then I had some images that I made with my software (some ladybugs and a retarded/weird cartoon cat) and then I had some thumbnail of a LOTR poster that had Gandalf on it. Now I am back to another image of Darth Vader.
My first signature "Still round the corner there may wait, a new road or a secret gate" is a Tolkien quote. That's not there anymore because I got tired of seeing it.
Now I have what Garrison Keillor says at the end of the Writers Almanac everday "Be well, do good work and keep in touch."
The thing about the honey and the bee is an aphorism that struck me as profound one day while on LitNet.
And "Man Overboard Alarm comes from the dark comedy Clay Pigeons. It's not my favorite Lester Long quote but I didn't want to put "some people just need killin'" on my signature. Also, "Barney, could you please not poke the body with a stick" and Barney's response "I was just seeing something..." I guess you'd have to be from here to understand why that is funny. It's the phrasing. It's a hick thing I guess.
I have never changed mine..but seems like riesa has something like ma avatar ..(don't tell her)...
interesting, I love all of your avys,Mysterious and nicely colored.
the black one is my favorite:)
I do like Hughes as well. His poems are mostly optimistic.
Ive just added a new quote from Ravi Zacharias, who is a Christian apologist and author.
It reiterates - 1 Corinthians 13:1
I've just changed my avatar. It was tiresome looking at the same pic all the time. But have no fear, it's still strawberry shortcake.
good choice,Oz:thumbs_up
Tain,the new avy is just cooooooool ,and I gree with the point u stated above:)
sth weird going on here,it says the lasy poster is Nasser but I see Virg??!!!