favorite quotes!

[Silverblade5 he/him]

Poetry is a song without music, ” I said loftily. “A song without music is like a body without a soul.”

[Erunion he/him]

On 2017-05-17 at 8:09 PM, Silverblade5 said:

Poetry is a song without music, ” I said loftily. “A song without music is like a body without a soul.”

Proceeds to add poetry all over the book. (And prose that almost counts)  

Rothfuss is fantastic  

 

"There is no overkill. There is only open fire, and it is time to reload." 

[Silverblade5 he/him]

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish.

[Shqueeves]

This is a thing I've actually said at one point. "Get gotted"

[+Extesian he/him]

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself

[Silverblade5 he/him]

56 minutes ago, Extesian said:

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself

I can't even picture that picture  

[Sunbird she/her]

2 hours ago, Extesian said:

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself

 

1 hour ago, Silverblade5 said:

I can't even picture that picture  

Pencilception!

[Shqueeves]

 So apparently one of my friends has a list of funny quotes that he/others have said. I will slowly add them all to this thread. Starting us out is

"I don't want truth, I want McDonald's"

[Silverblade5 he/him]

Sometimes, when a person is pushed past their limits, they realize they have no business standing so close to the line.

[Silverblade5 he/him]

'What are you?"

"The result of an enigma giving a paradox a special hug."

[Erandeni he/him]

"At some point we'll have to admit that we don't have bad luck, we are just incredibly stupid."

[Silverblade5 he/him]

"Now tell me what I want to know or God will weep when he hears what I’ve done to you!”

[Shqueeves]

"It's so oily that if you put feathers on me I'd become a potato!"

[Calderis he/him]

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you." 

[Kered he/him]

The first line in my sig. 

"Nothing in life worth having comes easy."

"Be selective with your battles. For sometimes peace is better than being right."

[Elenion he/him]

"I can't carry it, Mr. Frodo, but I can carry you!"

[Steeldancer he/him]

"Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethew today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam. And wove, twue wove, wiww fowwow you fowevah and evah… So tweasuwe youw wove..."

[Calderis he/him]

41 minutes ago, The Flash said:

"Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethew today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam. And wove, twue wove, wiww fowwow you fowevah and evah… So tweasuwe youw wove..."

I was seriously considering doing this one myself about an hour ago. Today is a very weird day in my brainspace

[+Extesian he/him]

I can't remember if I've quoted Book of the New Sun on here before, I almost definitely have as Wolfe is the single most quotable author I've ever read. I have a series of memes based on his quotes that I wish I could put on this site, but of course they're not Sanderson  So I'll settle for two of the most powerful quotes (though there are more beautiful ones)

By the use of the language of sorrow I had for the time being obliterated my sorrow—so powerful is the charm of words, which for us reduces to manageable entities all the passions that would otherwise madden and destroy us.

and

He waited for me to speak. I had the feeling, which I have often had when talking with old people, that the words he said and the words I heard were quite different, that there was in his speech a hoard of hints, clues, and implications as invisible to me as his breath, as though Time were a species of white spirit who stood between us and with his trailing sleeves wiped away before I had heard it the greater part of all that was said.

[Jondesu he/him]

"I am a large, semi-muscular man!  I can handle it!" (Wash, from Firefly)

[Calderis he/him]

2 hours ago, Jondesu said:

"I am a large, semi-muscular man!  I can handle it!" (Wash, from Firefly)

"damnation your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" 

[Ammanas]

"We have reached an era of modernism both louder and more silent at the same time"* Its amazing how the author can drop something so profound seemingly out of nowhere.

*ch 8 Shadows of Self

[Calderis he/him]

"It was a pleasure to burn.
It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed." 

Fahrenheit 451 is both awesome (even if the title is scientifically inaccurate), and additionally, I never noticed before how well those two opening sentences describe Ruin. 

[Silverblade5 he/him]

Structure and rules foster dependability; chaos creates unforeseen setbacks and missed deadlines.

 Opinions are opinions and facts are facts

Either something’s been done right or it’s been done wrong, and sugarcoating it or walking away isn’t going to fix it.

Edited July 28, 2017 by Silverblade5

[Calderis he/him]

I know I've already posted this in another thread, but it's my favorite so here it is again. 

"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones"

–Marcus Aurelius