The Quote Page!

[Bighuey]

"Write if you find work and remember to hang by your thumbs." - Bob and Ray.

[suzy1124]

C.S. Lewis , from " A Grief Observed "......." The death of a loved one is like an amputation "

[Fran]

C.S. Lewis , from " A Grief Observed "......." The death of a loved one is like an amputation "

@suzy
Have you seen the movie Shadowlands with Anthony Hopkins & Debra Winger? Lord, I cried bucked over that movie, I'll never forget Hopkins delivering the line "The pain now is part of the happiness then, that's the deal".
And the scene where Joy Davidman (Debra Winger) puts the pompous Oxford dons in their place - devastating put down. The movie is worth watching for that scene alone

[suzy1124]

C.S. Lewis , from " A Grief Observed "......." The death of a loved one is like an amputation "

@suzy
Have you seen the movie Shadowlands with Anthony Hopkins & Debra Winger? Lord, I cried bucked over that movie, I'll never forget Hopkins delivering the line "The pain now is part of the happiness then, that's the deal".
And the scene where Joy Davidman (Debra Winger) puts the pompous Oxford dons in their place - devastating put down. The movie is worth watching for that scene alone

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Yup Fran! i sure did!...let me ask you, have you seen the ORIGINAL BBC version w/ Joss Ackland and Claire Bloom?

i LOVED both of them!....this version preceded the other one by 8 yrs. ( 1985 )...

interesting bit of trivia, Julian Fellowes, associated w/Gosford Park, Rumpole of the Bailey,Monarch of the Glen, etc...is the writer of Downton Abbey, and appears in the latter version of Shadowlands ( he's a very multi talented actor, writer,producer, etc...)...when i googled, i discovered that Fellowes was from my first husband's hometown..................Cairo, Egypt...

Another bit of useless Trivia...Claire Bloom was the former mistress of Philip Roth...she wrote about it in her tawdry tell-all book describing their much too public stormy relationship...

[Fran]

@suzy
No I didn't know there was an earlier version - will have to follow that up
Ah! you mention Rumpole of the Bailey, Leo McKern really made that role. "She who must be obeyed" etc
Great British comedy - I must look for a box set of Rumpole
Isn't that an amazing amount of coincidences?

[jhollan2]

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?" Walt Whitman via Dead Poets Society.

Those of you that have seen it, how do you feel about Apple ripping off this quote and using it in their IPad Air commercial?

[elizabethreads0312]

No friendship is an accident. ― O. Henry, Heart of the West

[kristinkilikina]

“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”


― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

[jhollan2]

I would be lying if I said there were not times that I am an earthquake contained inside this skin.

--Tyler Knott Gregson

[neha+thomas+]

I like this one "For you a thousand times over,Aamir Jaan",Khaled Hossieni ,I truly loved the book and cannot forget this line

-- 26 Feb 2014, 23:05 --

For quotes there are so many but right now this seems most apt to my situation," Life is an endurance test, so why be ashamed of your age",-P.K.Shaw

[tracy19]

Winners are not people who never fail but people who never quit... - Unknown

[AMP76]

Keep passing open windows- John Irving, Hotel New Hampshire

-- 06 Mar 2014, 11:32 --

The one thing that doesn't abide majority rule is a person's conscience. - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

-- 06 Mar 2014, 11:34 --

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. -CS Lewis

-- 06 Mar 2014, 11:36 --

On a long enough time line, everyone's survival rate becomes zero.- Chuck Pahlaniuk, Fight Club

[The Bookaholic]

"Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it." Nelson Mandela

[Fran]

In honour of International Women's Day here's a quote from that well know feminist - Margaret Thatcher!
"If you want something said, ask a men but if you want something done, ask a woman"

[plefkowitzx]

"If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult." - Maya Angleou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings