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bob_fox

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I'll quote from a book (or any other piece of literature), and you have to guess who wrote it. After I've confirmed that you're correct, you have to quote from a book, and so on.

Here's mine: "Truth! Justice! Freedom! And a Hard-boiled Egg!"

bob_fox

bob_fox

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Sorry, don't know that one.

It's night watch and actually it's

'Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably

Priced Love! And a Hard Boiled Egg!'.'

You're right! It's Terry Pratchett! However, in the illustration at the beginning of Night Watch, the motto is written down just as I have quoted it.

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Charliec81

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Thank you very much !

Ah: a mis-spelling. Apologies.

And you are correct !

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Another quote. It's a biblical quote, but, this quote was said at the end of the novel:

"Can ye drink the cup that I drink of ?"

Charliec81

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Mark 10:38? ;)

You got the Biblical reference correct, but, as I said: it's in a novel.

Maybe I'll give a better quote from the same book:

"Have you ever suffered ?"

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It's also at the end, and the biblical quote was the response to the new quote I have mentioned.

lowzeewee

lowzeewee

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I don't know then...

[Off-topic:You are singaporean also,lol. ;)]

How about these 2,they are from the same book

-In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

-Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Mahdi

Mahdi

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Main Entry: pe·dan·tic

Pronunciation: pi-'dan-tik

Function: adjective

Date: circa 1600

1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant

2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned

3 : UNIMAGINATIVE, PEDESTRIAN

Assuming you'll ask what pedant is:

Main Entry: ped·ant

Pronunciation: 'pe-d&nt

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French, from Italian pedante

Date: 1588

1 obsolete : a male schoolteacher

2 a : one who makes a show of knowledge b : one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge c : a formalist or precisionist in teaching

Apollyon

Apollyon

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Not so much that as that the series of books is called 'The Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy' and not just the first book, and so technically the quite is in 'The Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy', but more specifically it is also true that it is only in 'The restaurant at the end of the universe'.

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