bob_fox Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 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!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 It's night watch and actually it's'Truth! Justice! Freedom! ReasonablyPriced Love! And a Hard Boiled Egg!'.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egeides Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 It's not a litteral quote, but here's one you're suppose to know:"Genius is form applied to craziness." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoculator9 Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 The Articles of Confederation? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 if he was right here's one and it's easy:" Santiago Nasar has been killed" or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Chronicle of a Death Foretold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 yep, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 "I know a good thing when I see it. I stay put and wait for what comes." ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_fox Posted November 4, 2003 Author Share Posted November 4, 2003 Sorry, don't know that one.It's night watch and actually it's'Truth! Justice! Freedom! ReasonablyPriced 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 If you want the answer to that one,IM me. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 "I know a good thing when I see it. I stay put and wait for what comes." ;)Wasn't that Charlotte's Dream catcher, or Charlotte's Web or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 You got it correct! ;)Edit:Its Charlotte's Web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliec81 Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 "Man is a rope, tied betwen east and Overman."I wonder if anyone can guess where this quote come from.(side note: where is the welcome thread around here ?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Also on this board-Coming and Going thread. :)Thus spoke Zarathustra?Its "beast" not "east"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliec81 Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Thank you very much !Ah: a mis-spelling. Apologies.And you are correct !~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 ?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Mark 10:38? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliec81 Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 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 ?"~It's also at the end, and the biblical quote was the response to the new quote I have mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliec81 Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 HITCHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY !~P.S. The book I quoted from is G.K. Chesterton's "The Man who was Thursday". Good stuff, and I recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Wrong! :)Btw,I added u to MSN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Well it is the Hitch-Hiker's Guide, but if you're being pedantic, I think it was in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Yep,the latter is right...What is "pedantic"? ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Main Entry: pe·dan·tic Pronunciation: pi-'dan-tikFunction: adjectiveDate: circa 16001 : of, relating to, or being a pedant2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned3 : UNIMAGINATIVE, PEDESTRIANAssuming you'll ask what pedant is:Main Entry: ped·ant Pronunciation: 'pe-d&ntFunction: nounEtymology: Middle French, from Italian pedanteDate: 15881 obsolete : a male schoolteacher2 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Oh I get what he meant...He meant that the quotes I mentioned are also in the other book he mention. :) Ah I see,sorry didn't realise that. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 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'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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