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If you're wondering about my new "lj-name": Chomp, chomp, chomp.


Long ago, I signed up at Bookcrossing.com - and then left it at that, since it's not really the website for me. I am too possessive of books. If one came to my hands, and I liked a real lot... I probably wouldn't leave it around again. Which is sort of against the point, isn't it. Still, this morning, near the of tha bar where I usually go, I found The Iliad. So I thought, well, why not. It's in prose (obviously enough), which makes me curious, and it should have passed enough time since High School that I should be actyually able to read and enjoy it without cringing. ;P

Anyway, I'm telling you this, because I remembered there was a bookish quotes page, and. Oh, the love. Screw The Iliad, I'll be rereading Comme Un Roman today. (Or maybe not, since I'm currently rereading The Truce, but still. (and - oh sod it, I can't start talking about it here. It would be the longest bracket known to history.))

Some examples:

J. W. Eagan: "Never judge a book by its movie."

Oscar Wilde: "Oh, it is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read."

Groucho Marx: "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read."

"I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book."

"From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it."

( And a few more examples: )

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As for the Fanfictions Quotes Meme, ( a few hints )

The results will be posted sometimes late this afternoon (my time) or tomorrow at lunch (still my time. :P). It's all ready, I just have to post it. :D