Beautiful Passages

[Frisbeetarian]

This thread is dedicated to the numerous passages in books that left you either speechless out of their eloquence, ponderous out of the ingenuity in the construction of the words, or any wording that has left you dumbfounded.

"Nevertheless, there were difficulties in this care-lessness, and those organisms that outgrew it came to possess a serious advantage in the struggle for survival. The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later feast, the bees that filled the comb with honey, the ants that laid up stores for a rainy day-these were among the first creators of civilization. It was they, or other subtle creatures like them, who taught our ancestors the art of providing for tomorrow out of the surplus of today, or of preparing for winter in summer's time of plenty."

Another

“He woke before dawn and watched the gray day break, slow and half opaque. He rose while the boy slept and pulled on his shoes and wrapped in his blanked he walked out through the trees. He descended into a gryke in the stone and there he crouched coughing and he coughed for a long time. Then he just knelt in the ashes. He raised his face to the paling day. Are you there? he whispered. Will I see you at last? Have you a neck by which to throttle you? Have you a heart? **** you eternally have you a soul? Oh God, he whispered. Oh God.”

[Frisbeetarian]

From daydreams on the road there was no waking. He plodded on. He could remember everything of her save her scent. Seated in a theatre with her beside him leaning forward listening to the music. Gold scrollwork and sconces and the tall columnar folds of the drapes at either side of the stage. She held his hand in her lap and he could feel the tops of her stockings through the thin stuff of her summer dress. Freeze this frame. Now call down your dark and your cold and be damned.

[Salome]

Could you pls add source?

[Frisbeetarian]

Alright, i had hoped that the members interested by example paragraphs could look up the book and in the process learn a thing or two about it, but ill add the sources.

Story Of Civilizations Our Oriental Heritage
"Nevertheless, there were difficulties in this care-lessness, and those organisms that outgrew it came to possess a serious advantage in the struggle for survival. The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later feast, the bees that filled the comb with honey, the ants that laid up stores for a rainy day-these were among the first creators of civilization. It was they, or other subtle creatures like them, who taught our ancestors the art of providing for tomorrow out of the surplus of today, or of preparing for winter in summer's time of plenty."

The Road - Cormack McCarthy
“He woke before dawn and watched the gray day break, slow and half opaque. He rose while the boy slept and pulled on his shoes and wrapped in his blanked he walked out through the trees. He descended into a gryke in the stone and there he crouched coughing and he coughed for a long time. Then he just knelt in the ashes. He raised his face to the paling day. Are you there? he whispered. Will I see you at last? Have you a neck by which to throttle you? Have you a heart? **** you eternally have you a soul? Oh God, he whispered. Oh God.”

"From daydreams on the road there was no waking. He plodded on. He could remember everything of her save her scent. Seated in a theatre with her beside him leaning forward listening to the music. Gold scrollwork and sconces and the tall columnar folds of the drapes at either side of the stage. She held his hand in her lap and he could feel the tops of her stockings through the thin stuff of her summer dress. Freeze this frame. Now call down your dark and your cold and be damned."

[Salome]

Originally Posted by Frisbeetarian

Alright, i had hoped that the members interested by example paragraphs could look up the book and in the process learn a thing or two about it, but ill add the sources.

Story Of Civilizations Our Oriental Heritage
"Nevertheless, there were difficulties in this care-lessness, and those organisms that outgrew it came to possess a serious advantage in the struggle for survival. The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later feast, the bees that filled the comb with honey, the ants that laid up stores for a rainy day-these were among the first creators of civilization. It was they, or other subtle creatures like them, who taught our ancestors the art of providing for tomorrow out of the surplus of today, or of preparing for winter in summer's time of plenty."

The Road - Cormack McCarthy
“He woke before dawn and watched the gray day break, slow and half opaque. He rose while the boy slept and pulled on his shoes and wrapped in his blanked he walked out through the trees. He descended into a gryke in the stone and there he crouched coughing and he coughed for a long time. Then he just knelt in the ashes. He raised his face to the paling day. Are you there? he whispered. Will I see you at last? Have you a neck by which to throttle you? Have you a heart? **** you eternally have you a soul? Oh God, he whispered. Oh God.”

"From daydreams on the road there was no waking. He plodded on. He could remember everything of her save her scent. Seated in a theatre with her beside him leaning forward listening to the music. Gold scrollwork and sconces and the tall columnar folds of the drapes at either side of the stage. She held his hand in her lap and he could feel the tops of her stockings through the thin stuff of her summer dress. Freeze this frame. Now call down your dark and your cold and be damned."

well usually you dont find whole text of books on net, only previews or summaries, so it's not easy to guess this way
I thought that one of them should be from The Road, you already mentioned it in another thread

yalla will post something if I find that book

[Frisbeetarian]

well usually you dont find whole text of books on net, only previews or summaries, so it's not easy to guess this way
I thought that one of them should be from The Road, you already mentioned it in another thread

Yeah i guess your right.

yalla will post something if I find that book

The quotations dont have to be from the above books, just any passage that you found enthralling in any book u read.

[Frisbeetarian]

Manufacturing Consent

"The public does not notice the silence on victims in client states, which is as important in supporting state policy as the concentrated focus on enemy victims. It would have been very difficult for the Guatemalan government to murder tens of thousands over the past decade if the U.S press had provided the kind of coverage they gave to the difficulties of Andrei Sakharov or the murder of Jerzy Popeluszko in Poland. It would have been impossible to wage a brutal war against South Vietnam and the rest of Indochina, leaving a legacy of misery and destruction that may never be overcome, if the media had not rallied to the cause, portraying murderous aggression as a defense of freedom, and only opening the doors to tactical disagreement when the costs to the interests they represent became too high."

[Salome]

Originally Posted by Frisbeetarian

Yeah i guess your right.


The quotations dont have to be from the above books, just any passage that you found enthralling in any book u read.

lol of course not from your book:D I dont know and dont have them... it will be from one of my favourites...yalla if I have the time

[Salome]

It's not from my favourite, but a book I liked a lot...you can have a try and guess which it is:

"Medicine, electronic communications, space travel, genetic manipulation...these are the miracles about which we now tell our children. These are the miracles we herald as proof that science will bring us the answers. The ancient stories of immaculate conceptions, burning bushes, and parting seas are no longer relevant. God has become obsolete. Science has won the battle. We concede."

[Frisbeetarian]

Medicine, electronic communications, space travel, genetic manipulation...these are the miracles about which we now tell our children. These are the miracles we herald as proof that science will bring us the answers. The ancient stories of immaculate conceptions, burning bushes, and parting seas are no longer relevant. God has become obsolete. Science has won the battle. We concede.

Angels and Demons