Simple rules... pick a line from a book that is profound, humorous, educational or has some other merit, then post it, and see if anyone can guess the source. Please, no Googling. This one should be quick:
"His suit malfunctioned. He could no longer see or hear anything. He stayed in that limbo state and struggled to stay conscious and alert. Moments later, his display was filled with stars. He realized then that the suit wasn't malfunctioning... he was."
A River Runs Through It Here's one of my favorites (one that has added resonance given the events of the last decade): "They were careless people, .... --they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money of their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
Here's mine. I don't think it's too difficult. But I've always liked it. “1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America for hundreds of years before that. 1492 was simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.”
That's a sweet one. From Great Gatsby I think. I'm almost positive it's Fitzgerald, but I can't be sure if it is from Gatsby. I think it is.
tough one bro. "Everybody thinks Hitler got to power because of his armies because they were willing to kill, and that's partly true, because in the real world power is always built on the threat of death and dishonor. But mostly he got to power on words, on the right words at the right time."
