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Showing posts with label Name That Quote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Name That Quote. Show all posts
9.28.2009
"...I was made for another world."
Name the person who wrote the following words:
9.27.2009
"It had the effect of a spell..."
In what book do you find the following quote?
It had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations of humanity, and inclosing her in a sphere by herself.Place your answer in the comment section.
4.06.2009
"I am the chief of sufferers also."
It's been a couple of weeks since my last "name that quote" post, so I though that it was about time for another. If you know where the following quote comes from, place your answer in the comment section. The winner will receive an all-expense-paid cruise for two from Anderson, SC to Due West, SC. Here's the quote:
"You must suffer me to go my own dark way. I have brought on myself a punishment and a danger that I cannot name. If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also. I could not think that this earth contained a place for sufferings and terrors so unmanning."
"You must suffer me to go my own dark way. I have brought on myself a punishment and a danger that I cannot name. If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also. I could not think that this earth contained a place for sufferings and terrors so unmanning."
2.25.2009
Shibboleth
In what book do you find the following quote? (Place your answers in the comment section.)
“Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,” they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan.
“Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,” they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan.
1.18.2009
"Death itself would start working backwards."
In what book do you find the following quote? (Place your answers in the comment section.)
"Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
"Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
1.01.2009
"It is a truth universally acknowledged..."
In what book do you find this opening line? (Place your answers in the comment section)
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
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