"Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know love's tragedies." - Oscar Wilde
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"Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know love's tragedies." - Oscar Wilde
"If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake—there it is. That’s the straw, you see. And my straw reaches acrooooooossssss the room … I … drink … your milkshake. I drink it up!" -Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
"What power would hell have if those imprisoned there could not dream of heaven?" ~Morpheus~ (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
I'm glad you quoted an Italian writer!
Here's my favourite quote:"He jests at scars that never felt a wuond" (W. Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet)
Welcome to the forum, mom63423, I love this quote and not sure I had recalled it or noticed it before, and I have seen the play performed so often and read it years back.Quote:
Originally Posted by mom63423
Many of the members like Italian authors. We discussed one not long ago:
"The Name of the Rose", a novel by Umberto Eco, is a historical whodunnit — a murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327. It is an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory. First published in Italian in 1980 under the title Il nome della rosa, it appeared in 1983 in an English translation by William Weaver.
This is from Wikipedia. You may have heard of it or even read it or the author. It was quite good.
Freedom is not to wait for anything "translated from an Arabic writer Ahlam Mostghanmy"
It is such a big world, something is always happening somewhere. from for one more day by Mitch Albom
It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even in a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime. from The kite runner by Khalid el houssiny
What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly. Carl Rogers
“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.” -Voltaire
"Happiness keeps u Sweet, Trials keep u Strong, Sorrow keeps u Human, Failure Keeps u Humble, Success keeps u Glowing, but only God Keeps u going."
" I think they named the orange before the carrot"--Demetri Martin
I love this quote too - it was in One Tree Hill once and I just think its good and it has lots of gusto lol. If that makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by dumwitliteratur
Look at my signature. Made me choke.
Yeah thats pretty sad, as is;
“Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate”
"for love that time was not as love is nowadays"
Malory
"when suffering knoks at your door and you say there is no seat for him,he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool"
Achebe
"only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and i'n not shure about the the former"
Einshtein
Anything by Oscar Wilde. There needs to be no explanation as to why.
Two from the genius mind of Jack Handy:
- I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate.
And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
- If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.
I really like the following quote from Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality 'cause it appeals to my anarchist nature:
The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said "This is mine," and
found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of
civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors
and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the
stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows: Beware of listening to
this imposter; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth
belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.
I exist as I am,that is enough,if no other in the world be aware I sit content, and if each and all be aware I sit content. Walt Whitman "Leaves of Grass"