Too many. I'll give one from the book I'm currently reading, which happens to also be one of my favourites:
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...And one fine morning-
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Ahhh, Fitzgerald, your words do strange things to me. Beautiful. I'm reading the Great Gatsby for the 8th time now, but I must have read that quote at least 100 times. I absolutely love it. It gets me every time.
His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.
You have no idea how close that came to being my choice of voice post thing rather than The Four Loves. I was so torn and I so very nearly went with Fitzgerald. It's just brilliant. I'm slightly amazed you like it, though, and I don't even know why.
Awww no, don't make this any harder for me:O! To be honest, I was very close to just writing out the whole book:P. It's just all so perfect in every single way possible. Words cannot describe my love for this book (although I imagine that if there are words to describe it, Fitzgerald would know them:P). It is without a doubt my favourite book, and the more I read it, the more I love it.
And I'm not sure why you're amazed either. How strange, I wonder why that is.:S
It really is. It's a historical period I have a bit of a thing for and he's a great writer. Actually, he's an absolutely wonderful writer. I want to exist in the time of the book, even if I'm poor. Which I would be.
I'm still surprised, by the way. I know we think the same on some things. Just a bit surprised on this. Nobody agrees on this. Well, except you, apparently. But I'm still surprised.
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Too many. I'll give one from the book I'm currently reading, which happens to also be one of my favourites:
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...And one fine morning-
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Ahhh, Fitzgerald, your words do strange things to me. Beautiful. I'm reading the Great Gatsby for the 8th time now, but I must have read that quote at least 100 times. I absolutely love it. It gets me every time.
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Ah Gatsby. What a genius novel.
:O But you passed over this...
His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.
You have no idea how close that came to being my choice of voice post thing rather than The Four Loves. I was so torn and I so very nearly went with Fitzgerald. It's just brilliant. I'm slightly amazed you like it, though, and I don't even know why.
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Awww no, don't make this any harder for me:O! To be honest, I was very close to just writing out the whole book:P. It's just all so perfect in every single way possible. Words cannot describe my love for this book (although I imagine that if there are words to describe it, Fitzgerald would know them:P). It is without a doubt my favourite book, and the more I read it, the more I love it.
And I'm not sure why you're amazed either. How strange, I wonder why that is.:S
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It really is. It's a historical period I have a bit of a thing for and he's a great writer. Actually, he's an absolutely wonderful writer. I want to exist in the time of the book, even if I'm poor. Which I would be.
I'm still surprised, by the way. I know we think the same on some things. Just a bit surprised on this. Nobody agrees on this. Well, except you, apparently. But I'm still surprised.
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Nobody agrees on this? What do you mean? I thought everybody loved Fitzgerald:O! Are we the only ones or something, haha?
And you'd end up being like George:O Not good at all.