Comments on: Quote of the week

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:29:08 +0000

Welcome, Amy! Great quotes … As a young reader, novels were more about “the big picture” for me, but as I’ve gotten older, I take pleasure in individual sentences. Nerdy, I know! Being a writer has something to do with that, too, probably. Now I know how much work must have gone into creating some of those sentences!

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:19 +0000

“Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.

But like Mandy I have come across a favorite quote from the book which is…”Few of the men she saw seemed worth a ruinous expenditure, and it made her smile to think that one of them should present himself as an incentive to hope and a reward of patience.”

So glad to have found this blog and discuss my passion: BOOKS!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:28:50 +0000

That is a great first line, Karey. Although I haven’t read “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” I think many books deemed “scandalous” in the past probably aren’t by today’s standards.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:40:40 +0000

Rasputen … your name seems so familiar. Like maybe we’ve met before. Ha, ha! I’m ashamed to admit I have not yet read this one.

By: Karey Shelton

Karey Shelton — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:39:34 +0000

“Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.” Lady Chatterley’s Lover, by D.H. Lawrence. Great first line I think. The book so far is not nearly as scandalous as the reputation it precedes.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:38:02 +0000

I like the disclosure, Paul. Definitely an interesting first line.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:37:09 +0000

I wish I could remember the next line, Mandy! I loved reading that book to the kids.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:36:10 +0000

Love it, Sami! We saw the previews for the movie the other night and even I was a little creeped out. It looks really strange, but I guess that’s the point. Unrelated, that is one of the longest first sentences ever.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:34:25 +0000

That’s okay, Mandy. I’ll let you have that; it’s an awesome quote. But Skip, you’re totally cheating! That’s a whole paragraph.

By: Rasputen Terwilliger

Rasputen Terwilliger — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:51:31 +0000

“The candleflame and the image of the candleflame caught in the pierglass twisted and righted when he entered the hall and again when he shut the door.” All The Pretty Horses C. McCarthy