Bookworms Unite! discussion

Share some of your favorite quotes here.

Mine is from the movie Batman Begins. Thomas Wayne, Bruce Wayne's Dad, asks young Bruce "Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up".

I really like that quote and I am sure I will say it when my son is older.

"Books are a unique portable magic."

-Stephen King

I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

-Monty Python

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed."

The Gunslinger
Stephen King

Love this one!!

Dustin wrote: ""Books are a unique portable magic."

-Stephen King"

Yes, yes they are....

"Life is an unrelenting comedy.
Therein lies the tragedy of it."

-Martin Stillwater

Books are food for the brain. hehe

Janie wrote: "Books are food for the brain. hehe"

That they are, Janie! :)

"There's no bitch on earth liike a mother frightened for her kids."

-Stephen King

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

Holly wrote: ""There's no bitch on earth liike a mother frightened for her kids."

-Stephen King"

Nice! Just out of curiosity, where is this one from?

Holly wrote: ""Life is an unrelenting comedy.
Therein lies the tragedy of it."

-Martin Stillwater"

Wow, I really like this one a lot, Holly!

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

-Groucho Marx

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity".

-Edgar A. Poe

"Nobody likes a clown at midnight."

-Stephen King

Charlene wrote: ""Nobody likes a clown at midnight."

-Stephen King"

damn, straight!

Alondra wrote: "Charlene wrote: ""Nobody likes a clown at midnight."

-Stephen King"

damn, straight!"

Well you already took the Gunslinger line! : )

Charlene wrote: "Alondra wrote: "Charlene wrote: ""Nobody likes a clown at midnight."

-Stephen King"

damn, straight!"

Well you already took the Gunslinger line! : )"

hahha... well, that is one i always go back to. it is so unforgettable.

Kyle ~The Rebel Leader~ wrote: ""I don't have nightmares. I give them."
-Stephen King"

ooohh, i love it. :)

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

This is a poem out of one of my favorite books
Once on a yellow peice of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Chops"
because that was the name of his dog
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
and a gold star
And his mother hung it on the kitchen door
and read it to his aunts
That was the year Father Tracy
took all the kids to the zoo
And he let them sing on the bus
And his little sister was born
with tiny toenails and no hair
And his mother and Father kissed a lot
And the girl around the corner sent him a
Valentine signed with a row of X's
and he had to ask his father what the X's meant
And his father always tucked him in bed at night
And was always there to do it


Once on a peice of white paper with blue lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Autumn"
because that was the name of the season
And that's what it was about
And his teacher gave him an A
and asked him to write more clearly
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because of its new paint
And the kids told him
that Father Tracy smoked cigars
And left butts on the pews
And sometimes they would burn holes
That was the year his sister got glasses
with thick lenses and black frames
And the girl around the corner laughed
when he aske her to go see Santa Claus
And the kids told him why
his mother and father kissed a lot
And his father never tucked him in bed at night
And his got mad
when he cried for him to do it


Once on a piece of paper torn from his notebook
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Innocensce:A Question"
because that was the question about his girl
And that's what it was all about
And his professor gave him an A
and a strange steady look
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because he never showed her
That was the year Father Tracy died
And he forgot how the end
of the Apostle's Creed went
And he caught his sister
making out on the back porch
And mother and Father never kissed
or even talked
And the girl around he corner
wore too much makeup
That made him cough when he kissed her
but he kissed her anyway
because that was the thing to do
And at three AM he tucked himself into bed
his father snoring loudly


That's why on the back of a brown paper bag
he tried another poem
An he called it "Absolutely Nothing"
Because that's what it really was all about
And he gave himself an A
and a slash on each damned wrist
And he hung it on the bathroom door
because this time he didn't think
he could reach the kitchen
-the perk of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Alondra wrote: "“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe"

Alondra! That's another of my favorite quotes! : )

Victor wrote: "This is a poem out of one of my favorite books
Once on a yellow peice of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Chops"
because that was the name of hi..."

I liked that poem, Victor. Thanks for posting it!

"Get busy living or get busy dying".

-Stephen King

Charlene wrote: ""Get busy living or get busy dying".

-Stephen King"

Shawshank Redemption... classic :D

Charlene wrote: "Victor wrote: "This is a poem out of one of my favorite books
Once on a yellow peice of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Chops"
because that was..."

Victor; my daughter just picked up that book. We were so excited to finally get our hands on it. I refuse to see the movie until I read it. Guess I have to wait for Blu-ray..

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”

-Steve Martin

Dustin wrote: "Holly wrote: ""There's no bitch on earth liike a mother frightened for her kids."

-Stephen King"

Nice! Just out of curiosity, where is this one from?

Holly wrote: ""Life is an unrelenting comed..."

Thanks Dustin! I really like it as well. :)

Holly wrote: ""There's no bitch on earth liike a mother frightened for her kids."

-Stephen King"

This one is SOOOOOOO True!

Human Nature baby, grab it and growl!

“Some men are great, and some men have greatness thrust upon them. Isn't that so Jim?”
― Julia from Under the Dome

Janie wrote: "“Some men are great, and some men have greatness thrust upon them. Isn't that so Jim?”
― Julia from Under the Dome"

Nice one, Janie!

Alot of great quotes, guys!

There was a great one, which I'm going to paraphrase since I don't remember it word for word. It was Groucho Marx and it goes like this: I love TV. It's a great invention. It makes me want to go in the other room and read a book. :)

Kathy wrote: "Alot of great quotes, guys!

There was a great one, which I'm going to paraphrase since I don't remember it word for word. It was Groucho Marx and it goes like this: I love TV. It's a great in..."

I like that one, Kathy!

Thanks Holly that will be my favorite quote from a book next to "we all flost down here" and "Beep beep Richie" LOL

Janie wrote: "Thanks Holly that will be my favorite quote from a book next to "we all flost down here" and "Beep beep Richie" LOL"

You're welcome, Janie. Lol; those are great ones too!

"Don't gobblefunk around with words.”

― Roald Dahl, The BFG

Kathy wrote: "Alot of great quotes, guys!

There was a great one, which I'm going to paraphrase since I don't remember it word for word. It was Groucho Marx and it goes like this: I love TV. It's a great in..."

That's a great one, as well, Kathy!

Janie wrote: "“Some men are great, and some men have greatness thrust upon them. Isn't that so Jim?”
― Julia from Under the Dome"

Oh wow, Janie, this is one of my favorite quotes from UTD! I just LOVE it! Thank you so much for sharing!

Your welcome, Charlene!

A reader lives many lives where as someone who doesn't read lives 1.
-George R. R. Martin

Victor wrote: "Your welcome, Charlene!

A reader lives many lives where as someone who doesn't read lives 1.
-George R. R. Martin"

one of my favs.. :)

Victor wrote: "Your welcome, Charlene!

A reader lives many lives where as someone who doesn't read lives 1.
-George R. R. Martin"

That's a favorite of mine, as well! Thank you, Victor!

I know right! How can you not like it?!

Victor wrote: "I know right! How can you not like it?!"

:) Exactly!

The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.
-The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Stephen King

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen

Alondra wrote: "“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen"

Agreed!!:D

Alondra wrote: "“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen"

Nice one, Alondra! Love it!

Alondra wrote: "“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen"

I like that one a lot, too, Alondra!

hahaha; hilarious! just think about the era in which she wrote that... love it. :)

Alondra wrote: "“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen"

Perfect! Well said!