Daily Literature Quotes

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Today's Daily Literature Quote is...

Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.

Thank you to @Fate for submitting this quote!

George Bernard Shaw, always with the inspirational quotes that ring true in so many ways. They do say to find a job you'll like otherwise you'll never excell. I think that's what Shaw is trying to say here. Pick a job that you'll enjoy because otherwise work will never be enjoyable for you. It can be hard but if you find something you like then even the most difficult of tasks can be amazingly fun.

[Noblejanobii]

Today's Daily Literature Quote is...

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

Thank you @solivagant for submitting today's quote!

Such a powerful quote coming from a powerful woman, it only seems fitting. Hearing this quote from Eleanor Roosevelt doesn't surprise me either. Her husband is the only president to have more than two terms, but he also had one of the most well kept media secrets of all time, polio. While it seems like an obvious fact now, back then not many people were aware that President FDR had polio and those who did went out of their way to keep it secret. No doubt, FDR faced all sorts of problems, mentally and physically, due to polio, but I can't help but feel that it's possible he suffered depression as well. While I am not exactly sure when it came out that FDR did have polio, I do not doubt it was while Eleanor was still alive, and since she lived almost twenty years longer than he did, the mockery and threats that she must have faced in light of this information must have been overwhelming. Eleanor is hailed as one of the strongest First Ladies to have ever lived, and I have no doubt it is because she never let anything said about herself or her husband get to her.

[Noblejanobii]

Today's Daily Literature Quote is…

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Ah The Great Gatsby, one of my favorite books of all time. These are the final lines of the rollercoaster that is this book. They're interesting to look at, really, and very thought provoking. Personally, I think it means that we are no more or less normal than the person next to us, that while we affect each other, truly it is the current of life that guides us towards our destinies. Or something along those lines. But what do you think?

[Noblejanobii]

Today's Daily Literature Quote is...

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”

Every person has encountered some sort of creative block in their life. Often times, it becomes very difficult to get it back, and you have to hunt for it relentlessly to get it back. Inspiration strikes at the oddest times and it can be very easy to lose it if you don't have the amount of concentration and time necessary to sustain it.

[Noblejanobii]

Today's Daily Literature Quote is...

“He stays,
the Unicorn,
In captivity…
Yet look again-
His horn is free,
Rising above Chain, fence, and tree.”

If you know anything about me, you know that I love unicorns. This poem is talking about the famous Unicorn Tapestries, and the images they depict. Given that it's supposed to represent Christ, and they're one of my favorite artistic pieces, I was ecstatic to find out there was a poem about them. I believe it captures the essence of the tapestries very well. Writings on art have always fascinated me, and this is a perfect example as to why.

[Noblejanobii]

Today's Daily Literature Quote is…

These were too old to fight, but they were fluent orators, and sat on the tower like cicadas that chirrup delicately from the boughs of some high tree in a wood.

I didn't do the RNG today because the cicadas won't shut up and I found it highly amusing that Homer actually references how loud these things are in The Iliad. Even he knew how annoying these things were, to the point where he compared the men commenting on Helen of Troy to these loud bugs!

[Noblejanobii]

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“He heard people singing. Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.”

These are the final lines of the classic story The Giver. Overall it's a very interesting story but these lines themselves are impactful because of the fact that it reflects on the changes that can be made once a person has left and how similar where they left is to where they are going. Never again in the Giver's four book series do we see Jonas's home, except for a brief glimpse at it in The Son but given it's the same setting as when Jonas is there, that doesn't really count. We never see what happened to Jonas's home and it's interesting to see how it's very possible the place changed, just as Jonas and The Giver wanted, but when Jonas receives a chance to that change, he refuses, as if he believes change was never possible for that place. It's quite the fascinating concept especially if you've read the book.

[Noblejanobii]

Today's Daily Quote is…

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled literature quotes to bring you a quote in celebration of the Rio Olympic Games! Given that they are literally just around the corner, I felt it would be a nice change of pace to pull a quote not actually talking about literature.

This is an interesting quote in the fact that it compares doing anything in life to competing for an Olympic medal. Something so simple as fetching the milk from the fridge could be compared to the javelin throw event, and I find the concept quite interesting as well as motivational, but what's your take on it?

[Noblejanobii]

Today's Daily Literature Quote is...

Demetrius: “Villain, what hast thou done?”
Aaron: “That which thou canst not undo.”
Chiron: “Thou hast undone our mother.”
Aaron: “Villain, I have done thy mother.”

Sorry for the delay on this, but college has kept me very busy. Hopefully I'll be more active in the future.

So, with the stress of college creeping right around the corner, I thought one of Shakespeare's "Yo Mama" jokes would be very appropriate. The context is pretty easy to pick up and is quite amusing if you get it. I like this quote because even Shakespeare thought "Yo Mama" jokes were funny and that just warms me up inside.

[Noblejanobii]

Today's Daily Literature Quote is…

"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced."

Thanks to @solivagant for submitting this!

This is an interesting concept. Right off it makes me think of an interrogation and without knowing the context this is placed in within its story, that's all I really have to go on. I guess if you think about it, the words you say and react to sort of reveal who you are, and by just simply asking and answering questions, you can reveal yourself to someone else, or figure out someone else. It makes me think of the sorority interviews I've been doing for the past two days, where they've been trying to figure out who I am from a bunch of simple questions, using their words like X-Rays to get a read on me, just as today I will be using my own to get a read on them.