I have never denied or hidden my nerdiness. Today will be no different.
I confess – I have a quote book.
No, not a book of quotes that you buy in the store but a Japanese looking journal where I have been collecting quotes for years. Handwritten quotes for my own amusement.
And now a few for you:
For the listener, who listens in the snow
And, nothing himself, beholds
Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.
–Wallace Stevens – The Snow Man
“The Guide says that there is an art to flying,” said Ford. “Or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
–Douglas Adams-Life the Universe and EverythingThe storm starts when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.
–Dr Seuss – Oh Say Can You SayIf someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
–Paulo Coelho-The AlchemistI look back over what I’ve written and I know its wrong, not because of what I’ve set down but because of what I’ve omitted. What isn’t there has a presence like the absence of light.
–Margaret Atwood – The Blind AssassinMetaphors failed him. Then, he had gone beyond the world of metaphor and simile into the place of things that are and it was changing him.
–Neil Gaiman – Neverwhere“I always think of books as being like people,” said Sannazzaro. “Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don’t have to seek them out and spend time with them.”
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“The disadvantage with people,” said Quentin, “is you can’t put bookmarks in them and set them aside till you want them again.”
–Orson Scott Card – Treasure BoxAnd the animal pastured for years lowered its spine
into the grass and died.
–Christine Garren – The BrideOften what we are really praying for is that w will become so attuned to our universe that we will find the place we are meant to be.
–Lam Surya Das – Awakening to the SacredGrew up way too fast.
Now there’s nothing to believe
and reruns all become our history.
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio.
And I won’t tell no one your name.
And I wont’ tell ‘em your name.
–Goo Goo Dolls – Name
And, of course, there are many more pages of quotes. Perhaps I’ll post some more of them in the future. Do you guys have favorite quotes? Is there anything you do that incredibly nerdy?
Have a great Sunday. Darn loss of an hour!
I have a quote book, too! But there’s only one quote in it.
“i wish i was a boy so i could fall in love with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
- Source Unknown
hahaha sounds like you have an awesome start to your quote book!!!
Hehe.
My list is on my computer. I have no idea how long it it, because I add new quotes at the top.
ya know, i never thought of just doing an online list….hmmm
I get quotes off the web…or, I make them up, post them on blogs and say they are by Anonymous lol Yeah, I’m dirty like that but now that I’ve told you the cat is out of the bag and scratching the furniture. hehe. I like dead people quotes the best, dead artists, writers and actors. The dead say a lot ya know.
i think the further you get into my quotes the more dead people there are
I love quotes and really enjoyed the ones you shared.
Thanks Jessie
Margie
Thanks Margie!!
I’m loving this! Heard Robert Pinsky speak, and he said he takes his quote book everywhere. Called it his “inspiration book.”
I used to carry mine with me too but now I just take my journal and copy things down then I can recopy them over late
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
Oscar Wilde
oh I love that one! I think I’ll have to add that to my book
There’s nothing nerdy about having a quotebook, most singer-songwriters have one, its like a personal document.
my fave quote? ‘History is a nightmare from which i am trying to awake- James Joyce’
http://e6n1.blogspot.com/
Lot of truth there in that James Joyce quote! Thanks for stopping by. Looking forward to checking out your site!
SO COOL! I love quotes, too. I guess this is the journalist in me, but when someone says something I really dig, I usually e-mail it to myself to save for later. Quotes have personality, they have rhythm. They’re awesome. Love that you feel the same way.
I think it definitely is that you want to record something that speaks to you. I think, for me, it is also because I’m not good at creating dialogue so it is like I have to collect it
I just love reading these! Makes me want to start my own list to squirrel away and trot out when I am feeling blue.
It really is like a little bible to me! I’ll definitely have to post more on the future
There was a time when the only quotes I knew were from Robert Louis Stevenson…now Winston Churchill and then the one from you to Bryan…no really I like quotes and they have their place…
Comments should have their own place in print! Because I love reading all of yours…
I am also a fan of comments and Robert Louis Stevenson. The Land of Counterpane was one of my favorite poems as a child
Jessie, inspired by your quote book and an article about a South African theater . . .
“Haunting”
Pardon me for standing.
There’s a ghost in my chair.
They like the white cashmere cushions –
I’ve been collecting them for years
(ghosts, that is, not cashmeres).
For there is an art to haunting them,
to listening in the snow,
for the ones who aren’t
what others want them to be
(too clear, too clear).
What isn’t there is a presence,
fading behind the songs on the radio,
rubbing its head,
and listening intently
(to hear, to hear).
Yes, I listen to them listen,
those I miss,
those I can’t let go.
Pardon me for standing.
oh that is such a fun piece rose! so glad you included a reference to the snow man. maybe referring poems is your future writing style!
Jessie, thank you so much! Kind of an early poem share
I’ve always played with lots of “found” stuff, but only lately have been referring poems — funny, because I started that only a few weeks before Referential came out!!
Isn’t it funny how that works out?
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