I Let Him Run On

“I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, 

and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, 

and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.” 

~ Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

People Don't Have Fortunes Left

“People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; 

men have to work and women to marry for money. 

It's a dreadfully unjust world.” 

~ Louisa May Alcott

I Read the Title From the Cover

“I read the title from the cover. ' 'The joy of... crap.' ' 

I read the rest of the full title of the thick, nondescript volume to myself and felt myself redden.

Noah turned over on to his side and said with mock seriousness, 

'I have never read 'The Joy Of Crap'. 

Sounds disgusting.' I blushed deeper. 

'I have, however, read 'The Joy Of Sex.' ' He continued, a smile transforming his face. 

'Not in a while, but I think it's one of those classics you can come back to again... and again.” 

~ Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

As God is My Witness

“As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.” 

~ Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind

The Same Question

“the same question arose in every soul: 

"For what, for whom, must I kill and be killed?" ... p982” 

~ Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

I Don't Lack for Bed Partners

“I don't lack for bed partners, 

so I don't need to scrounge for unwilling scraps. -Spade” 

~ Jeaniene Frost, First Drop of Crimson

All I Want

“All I want is a dress with puffy sleeves” 

~ L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

But to Die as Lovers May

“But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together.” 

~ J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

The Blood

“The blood is the life!” 

~ Bram Stoker

I Often Stood

“I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.” 

~ Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

Trifles

“Trifles make the sum of life. ” 

~ Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

I Never Could Have Done

“I never could have done what I have done, 

without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, 

without the determination to concentrate myself 

on one object at a time.” 

~ Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

Omnia Mutantur

“Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).” 

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses

A Vibrator

“A vibrator can last all night, too, vampire! - Denise” 

Jeaniene Frost, First Drop of Crimson

Keep Your Friends Close

“Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.” 

~ Mario Puzo

As Flies to Wanton Boys

“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods.

They kill us for their sport.” 

~ William Shakespeare, King Lear

The Reason for the Unreason

“The reason for the unreason with which you treat my reason , 

so weakens my reason that with reason I complain of your beauty.” 

~ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Oh, I am

“Oh, I am fortune's fool!” 

~ William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

My Meaning Simply Is

“My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.” 

~ Charles Dicken, David Copperfield

All the Girls in the World

“All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had all the usual human feelings and were very ordinary girls; while the other class -herself alone- had no weaknesses and was superior to all humanity.” 

~ Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Procrastination

“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” 

~ Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

The First Thing We Do

“The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.” 

~ William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2

No Amount of Fire

“No amount of fire or freshness can challenge 

what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.” 

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby