collectable phrases

[granmahen]

I like to collect phrases I've read in books. 2 of my favorites
"the very nothingness of a thick fog"
"long silken grasses, like threads of green glass"
How about you all?

 

[debilorrah]

Quote:
The best laid plans oft go awry

The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

 

[hennypenny9]

All of Hamlet. But if I were to pick one,

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

* Claudius, scene v

 

[peckndirt]

They wither upon the earth yet bloom in heaven..

 

[Omran]

It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice

 

[Mahonri]

I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure.

I'm not insensitive, I just don't care.

I know it sounds like I am in denial, but I am not!

As I said before, I never repeat myself.

As long as I can remember, I've had amnesia.

Want more?

 

[donnap1967]

You cannot control whether a person loves you. You can only BE the kind of person someone wants to love.

 

[Mahonri]

Quote:
I love that!

I know that there are people who don't love their fellowman, and I hate people like that!

 

[debilorrah]

Quote:
I love that!

I know that there are people who don't love their fellowman, and I hate people like that!

 

[NoelTate]

Two suggestions...read Christopher Moore and listen to Jimmy Buffett. They will both give you a wealth.

Two of my favorites are about travel from a book called The Untidy Pilgrim...
"homesick for a place I've never been"
"I think I must have eaten a page from an atlas as a child because I have always had a desire for far off places"