Today's quotes come from the novel The Tiger in the Well. I don't remember who wrote it and am too lazy to look it up...
"as if this were a sensational novel to amuse idle women." I enjoyed this quote because it came from a novel written to amuse idle women :)
"That sort of talk is poison... That sort of man is poison. They're hangers-on, parasites, tapeworms. They've nothing to do with us, nothing to do with progress, nothing to do with socialism. You know what bombs do? You seen a bomb go off? You seen innocent children torn apart? I have. Fight? Of course we fight if we have to. But we fight evil, not innocence. And we can tell the difference. All they want to do is kill, kill anyone, kill for the sake of killing, spread panic, spill blood, destroy. How the h***'s that going to make things better in the world? Use your voice. Use your mind. Use words. Tell people. Argue. Organize. That's what works. That's what progress means. That's where sense and courage and decency lie... Use your wits. Use your eyes. Compare. Listen. Think. Who are the good people? Who are the bad? Use your mind." Discussing terrorism and terrorists and the difference between the we and the terrorists. I don't really remember what the book was about, but I really like this quote. It is well written and just a good argument for appropriate protest.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
My New Thing
Hello!
I haven't posted anything in awhile and I think I've figured out why. I need a thing, a thread that connects my entries, some constant connection between posts so that it is easier for me to come up with ideas for posts and update more often. I have lately been reading the blog Cake Wrecks (http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/) which you should definitely check out because it is amazing :) at least I think it is... But it has a "thing," messed up cakes and everyday she posts pictures of crazy weird cakes and it works. So I have come up with my thing- quotes. (If you're reading this on facebook, you can find my blog here: http://justafewthoughts-tigersgirlgv.blogspot.com/)
I have a little notebook that I use to keep track of quotes that I come across- in movies, on TV, in books, that I hear, or that I otherwise stumble upon. So I decided to do a quotes blog. Every time I post, hopefully almost every day, I will post a quote from my notbook, quote I found somewhere that I find fun, funny, sentimental, or wise. I will provide you with the context, why I like it, etc. I started the notebook in tenth grade, but didn't write it in it regularly until last year. I will sort of be going in order of how the quotes were recorded, but might jump around a little (for instance baseball related quotes if the Tigers make the playoffs...) I hope you enjoy hearing some of my favorite quotes.
Day 1: "Neither the front nor the back entrance of the Custom House opens on the road to paradise." The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which I read for Honors American Literature in 10th grade. I'm not really sure why this became the first quote I kept track of. I just thought it sounded cool, and sad that neither way you went lead to paradise. Anyway, a kind of weird quote to start with, but here it is.
I haven't posted anything in awhile and I think I've figured out why. I need a thing, a thread that connects my entries, some constant connection between posts so that it is easier for me to come up with ideas for posts and update more often. I have lately been reading the blog Cake Wrecks (http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/) which you should definitely check out because it is amazing :) at least I think it is... But it has a "thing," messed up cakes and everyday she posts pictures of crazy weird cakes and it works. So I have come up with my thing- quotes. (If you're reading this on facebook, you can find my blog here: http://justafewthoughts-tigersgirlgv.blogspot.com/)
I have a little notebook that I use to keep track of quotes that I come across- in movies, on TV, in books, that I hear, or that I otherwise stumble upon. So I decided to do a quotes blog. Every time I post, hopefully almost every day, I will post a quote from my notbook, quote I found somewhere that I find fun, funny, sentimental, or wise. I will provide you with the context, why I like it, etc. I started the notebook in tenth grade, but didn't write it in it regularly until last year. I will sort of be going in order of how the quotes were recorded, but might jump around a little (for instance baseball related quotes if the Tigers make the playoffs...) I hope you enjoy hearing some of my favorite quotes.
Day 1: "Neither the front nor the back entrance of the Custom House opens on the road to paradise." The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which I read for Honors American Literature in 10th grade. I'm not really sure why this became the first quote I kept track of. I just thought it sounded cool, and sad that neither way you went lead to paradise. Anyway, a kind of weird quote to start with, but here it is.
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