"Quotes" Say More About You Than You Think!

Hi all!  this is meant to be one of those fun posts - that EVERYONE can take part in, and might even help us to learn a little bit about one another!

Here's the plan:

When you open this thread, you must pick up the nearest book or magazine that you are reading or have read for personal enjoyment, open it to a random page and, without looking, point to some text.  Whatever sentence you're pointing to, post it.  The fun part is, every time you check back in, you have to post again, so we'll be seeing a cross-section of your interests!

I think it could be interesting to see what quotes come up, and what others can learn about us from them.

To get the ball rolling, I'll go first...

“Midway through, two young people got up and talked about doing little things for the environment, such as taking reusable bags to the grocery store.”

Rufus to the Rescue, by Choire Sicha – The Advocate, Issue 1007

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much." -Mother Teresa

Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult

"Champaigne powder snow, breathtaking geysers, magnificent wildlife and warm lodging."

City of Eugene, Oregon Recreational Services Guide

Staining requires cleaning and preparing the surface of the concrete, then applying the dye.

Better Homes and Gardens Guide to Landscaping

"And indeed, despite a difference of a few years, the resemblance was striking."

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

"But how could they not be dummies, considering a public educational system that no longer teaches geography in primary schools, much less comparative history or even relevant American history." 

Which is in reference to a Louis Menand quotation "...the [9/11] attacks were treated as geopolitics for dummies."

The Dreaming War - Gore Vidal

"They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as offerings--something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind."

Jeremiah 19:5 Womens Devotional Bible NIV

"The heat and dust and smells of India either capture your heart - or repel you. But the colors - the saris, the spices, the fields and sky, rivers and lakes, the mountains and deserts - they stay with you forever."

Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations. ♥

I Will live forever or die trying..........Groucho Marx

HA.

"Booze. Sweet, sweet booze."

"Such a Pretty Fat" by Jen Lancaster

The Outer Most House by Henry Beston

It is the last line of the wave that has captured the decorative imagination of the world--the long seaward slope, the curling crest, the incurved volute ahead.

The immigration officer squinted at Fat Charlie's American passport as if she were disappointed he was not a foreign national of the kind she could simply stop coming into the country then, with a sigh, she waved him through.

The Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman

He said,  "I just want to say one more thing." But then he could not think what it could possibly be.

Raymond Carver-One More Thing

""For me, it's (swimming with others) that's really important," she says."

USMS Swimmer -- September-October 2008

"Give the word and it's all over the Internet.  Five minutes after that, every major news outlet will have it in their greedy little claws."

David Baldacci - The Whole Truth 

"Large enough for a laptop or kniting tote, this ripple and tucks bag is felted for durability and texture.  The positive/negative color combination makes it just plain fun." 

From the "Ripple Me This" tote bag pattern in Knitters Magazine, Fall  2008.

"The wind was southwest, and ever since morning had turned to afternoon it had been getting stronger."

Guy Gavriel Kay - The Darkest Road; The Fionavar Tapestry: Book Three

"Some companies are holding back on IM, but if Foster and Schrubb offers IM, your IT team or a knowledgable teammate can show you the ropes."

The Hamster Revolution, by Mike Song, Vicki Halsey & Tim Burress

"When your dog pulls, turn sharply in the oter direction and start walking briskly away from where he/she was pulling."

Training secrets for German Shepherds - magazine

"And twenty five hours earlier, George Dorn, quoting Pilate, asked, "What is Truth?" (Barney Muldoon just then, was lounging in the lobby of the Hotel Tudor, waiting for Saul to finish what he had called "a very important, very private conversation" with Rebecca; Nkrumah Fubar was experimentally placing a voodoo doll of the president of American Express inside a tetrahedron - their computer was still annoying him about a bill he'd paid over two months ago, on this very daynight that Soapy Mocenigo dreamed of Anthrax Leprosy Pi; R. Buckminster Fuller, unaware of this new development in his geodesic revolution, was lecturing the Royal Institute of Architects in London and explaining why there were no nouns in the real world; August Personage was breathing into a telephone in New York; Pearson Mohammed Kent was exuberantly balling a female who was not only white but from Texas; the Midget himself was saying "Rude bastard, isn't he?" to Dr. Naismith; and our other characters were variously pursuing their own hobbies, predilections, obsessions and holy missions) ."

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So, I randomly pick the longest sentence in the book. Dang, no wonder this book (The Illuminatus) is such a good sleep-inducing read. Oh, and funny how the quote I chose contains three quotes and the word "quoting".