English midterm quotes Flashcards
“Little Red Riding Hood took off her clothes and got into bed.”
Little Red Riding Hood
“Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.”
Little Red Riding Hood
“-look at the beautiful flowers that areal around us. Why don’t you take a look? And I don’t
believe you can hear how beautifully the birds are singing. You are walking along as though you
were on your way to school.”
Little Red Cap
“-he took a pair of scissors and began to cut open the wolf’s belly.”
Little Red Cap
“As for the story’s main characters, far from simple, their roles and meanings subtly shift over
time, and even dramatically flip-flop.”
Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked
“Far more important than how we define the fairy tale, however, is how the fairy tale defines us.”
Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked
“Her name was Connie.”
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
“MAN THE FLYING SAUCERS”
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
“You want me to pull out the phone?”
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
“I can manifest my neurotical emotions, emancipate an epicureal instinct, and elaborate on my
heterosexual tendencies.”
The Pied Piper of Tucson
“He’s creepy,” she once told her mother, “he just makes my skin crawl. But he can be nice when
he wants to.”
The Pied Piper of Tucson
“I didn’t know he killed her,” said one, “and even if I had, I wouldn’t have said anything. I
wouldn’t want to be a fink.”
The Pied Piper of Tucson
“We all knew her. Her name was Gale Cerman (pronounced Kerr-man), and she was an art
major.”
Strawberry Spring
“I saw myself on nationwide TV – the Walter Cronkite Report.”
Strawberry Spring
“I can hear my wife as I write this, in the next room, crying. She thinks I was with another
woman last night.”
Strawberry Spring
“I’ve come to read your meter” – but there was no meter. The police suspected these intruders
could have been pranksters.
Fear Walks Home with the Women
“When a woman is afraid, shadows move.”
Fear Walks Home with the Women
