atticus Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Ernest Hemingway, "The Green Hills of Africa" "All I wanted to do now was to get back to Africa. We had not left it, yet, but when I would wake in the night I would lie, listening, homesick for it already." Theodore Roosevelt, "African Game Trails" "I speak of Africa and golden joys; the joy of wandering through lonely lands; the joy of hunting the mighty and terrible lords of the wilderness, the cunning, the wary and the grim." Yes, I'm a bit preoccupied these days, summer is on the way and I have no where to go this year (and no money to go with)... Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Hoppie Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Life's a bitch and then you die. Link to post Share on other sites
brymoore Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 "I wanted so much to step over and pick them up. Several times I tried to move my feet, but they seemed to be nailed to the floor. I knew the pups were mine, all mine, yet I couldn't move. My heart started aching like a drunk grasshopper. I tried to swallow and couldn't. My Adam's apple wouldn't work. One pup started my way. I held my breath. On he came until I felt a scratchy little foot on mine. The other pup followed. A warm puppy tongue caressed my sore foot. I heard the stationmaster say, 'They already know you.' I knelt down and gathered them in my arms. I buried my face between their wiggling bodies and cried." - Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Hoppie Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 If called by a panther don't anther Candy is dandy but liker is quicker Link to post Share on other sites
PartridgeCartridge Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 "It puts the lotion on its skin... It puts the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again" -Some batshit crazy serial killer. Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Hoppie Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 The doc said I was in fair shape for the shape I'm in. Link to post Share on other sites
PartridgeCartridge Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read" Graucho Marx Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Hoppie Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Home is the hunter home from the hill home is the hunter home from the kill (this may only be close) Link to post Share on other sites
erik meade Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 If you can keep your head, When all about you are losing theirs And blaming it on you, ... Kipling. Blagojevich ruined that one for me. Nevermore. Link to post Share on other sites
rcsmyth Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 [Look, darlin', it's Johnny Ringo. Deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. What do you think, darlin', should I hate him? ] Doc Holiday Tombstone Link to post Share on other sites
graytrout Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Life's a bitch and then you die. And then there's "Eat or die" - another Harrison favorite. Link to post Share on other sites
Don Steese Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Like many Southerners, I was ruined for church by early exposure to preachers. Howell Raines I like that one. I'm not so sure God approves of religion. Link to post Share on other sites
DGilmore Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Like many Southerners, I was ruined for church by early exposure to preachers. Howell Raines I like that one. I'm not so sure God approves of religion. I should say that I a life-long church-goer...and I still love that line. By the way, most of the rest of the book was NOT good literature. Link to post Share on other sites
PaFlyfisher Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I think the best sentence ever written in any book can be found in the Bible. Jesus wept. Succinct, poignant and perfect. At the death of Lazarus, correct? That is a good one. Link to post Share on other sites
DGilmore Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I've always been partial to this one: God loved mankind so much that He gave His only Son to save us from death. Link to post Share on other sites
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