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    Favourite quotes from novels

    Since we have one for films...

    There are several, but the one that has stuck in my mind for years and still makes me smile goes something like this:
    "Silk! What happened to our old friend Brill?"
    "He was trying to fly last time I saw him."
    "It's a difficult skill that takes years to master."
    "He doesn't have that long..." [looks over the edge]
    [thump].....[thump]
    "Does bouncing count?" [turns, straightens tunic and smiles] "what a beautifull night"
    { I can't remember the exact words, but it's something like that...I'll need to re-read the series.}


    [faint then kick to jaw... Edward falls back, protecting his head; Anita drops back into fighting stance.]
    "This is not a ****ing contest: you should have told me what was in there."
    "I walked into it cold."
    "Sh1t Edward.. Ted, you win: you're colder and tougher than me. Don't pi$s me off with this matcho crap."
    [snip yada,yada,yada.. detective watching laughing till tears are streaming]
    "If that's not you ****ed off, what is?"
    [life drains from Anita's eyes]
    "It's a good day; no-one's dead."
    [heads back into the room]
    {damn it, and I just read that chapter (again)...}

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    First one I don't know - second one Anita & Ted is from the Anita Blake series not sure the exact book - guessing obsidian butterfly

    try these

    "Because love does not do sums, but instead makes choices, and then gives it's all."

    "The Luggage had an elemental nature, absolutely no brain, a homicidal attitude towards anything that threatened it's master, and he wasn't quite sure that it's inside occupied the same space-time frame work as it's outside."

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    The second one is from The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett.

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    I always liked...

    I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death -- if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Quote Originally Posted by Graham
    The second one is from The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett.
    that is correct

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Mines a mis quote when a lysdexic was asked to read from the set book

    "Look here comes Brasso"

    Extra points for getting source

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    It was a bright cold day in April, and the clock were striking thirteen.'

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick
    Mines a mis quote when a lysdexic was asked to read from the set book

    "Look here comes Brasso"

    Extra points for getting source

    Could be Blackadder “Look here comes Othello “

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    From one of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books on the art of flying..

    "The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

    also

    "Most people fail to miss the ground and if they are really trying properly, the likelihood is that they will fail to miss it fairly hard."

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove
    It was a bright cold day in April, and the clock were striking thirteen.'
    1984?

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Quote Originally Posted by Lou
    I always liked...

    I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death -- if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone....

    Yep, I'm sad enough to admit to having read them all.....

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    "Silk! What happened to our old friend Brill?"
    "He was trying to fly last time I saw him."
    "It's a difficult skill that takes years to master."
    "He doesn't have that long..." [looks over the edge]
    [thump].....[thump]
    "Does bouncing count?" [turns, straightens tunic and smiles] "what a beautifull night"
    { I can't remember the exact words, but it's something like that...I'll need to re-read the series.}

    How about David Eddings (and leigh Eddings if you're being picky) -
    Think it's part of the Malloreon or the Belgariad, Hmmm (thinks to self) could even be part of Belgarath

    Do I get points for getting the author right??

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Quote Originally Posted by Almost an Angel
    "Silk! What happened to our old friend Brill?"...
    Think it's part of the Malloreon or the Belgariad, Hmmm (thinks to self) could even be part of Belgarath
    Belgariad, not sure if it was the first or second book as Brill was following them for a while, can't remember when they shook him off, Kheldar (Silk) was my favourite character.

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Another good bit was when Silk met his (half) brother - that had me laughing outloud.

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Yes very funny - I'm going to have to re-read them - despite the fact I've read them 3 or 4 times before.

    have you read The Redemption of Althalus by the same author - very imaginative and very funny - same dry humour as the Belgariad etc but with a different twist. Althalus in some ways reminds me of Silk with the slyness and the attitude. Well worth reading.

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    My favourite bit of a novel is the final line in "The Silver Darlings" by Neil Gunn

    "Life had come for him".

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Quote Originally Posted by ToeTrampler
    From one of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books on the art of flying..

    "The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

    also

    "Most people fail to miss the ground and if they are really trying properly, the likelihood is that they will fail to miss it fairly hard."

    Hitchhiker's is brilliant! Full of excellent one-liners... Now need to read them all again to find some!

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    From one of my favourite novels -

    "The wines were too various," he said: "it was neither the quality nor the quantity that was at fault. It was the mixture. Grasp that and you have the root of the matter. To understand all is to forgive all."

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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove
    Could be Blackadder “Look here comes Othello “



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    Re: Favourite quotes from novels

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove
    Could be Blackadder “Look here comes Othello “
    Fun but no right.
    And not sure I've seen that episode.

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