2026-09-07 17:26 UTC
#3GoodThings (some favorite literary quotations)
1. "I would prefer not to." Herman Melville, "Bartleby the Scrivener"
2. "Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!" Henry James, The Art of Fiction
3. "There, rest. No more suffering for you. I know where you’ve gone, it’s good." Allen Ginsberg, "Kaddish"
What are some of your favorites?
#Books
#Humanities
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@colorblindcowboy@mastodon.art 2026-09-07 17:37
@CindyWeinstein@zirk.us #3GoodThings (some favorite literary quotations) 1) “A lot of sad, hurly-burly doings” — “The Mysteries of Udolpho” by Anne Radcliffe. 2) “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him … ” — “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare 3) “‘Well you can’t help that,’ said the cat. ‘We’re all mad here. I’m mad, you’re mad.’” — “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll.” (This was a real struggle to choose)