Quote/Work Flashcards

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“Later he saw that each weed was a singular knife.”

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The Wayfarer by Stephen Crane

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“It was unusual as a dream because it was full of smells and he never dreamt smells.”

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Night face up by Julio Cortazar

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“Truth loving Persians to not dwell upon / the trivial skirmish fought near marathon.”

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The Persian Version by Robert Graves

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“Because I don’t believe a person will ever set the world on fire / unless they are capable lire.”

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Golly, How Truth Will Out by Ogden Nash

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“And please believe that I mean everyone of these lines as I am writing them.”

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Golly, How Truth Will Out by Ogden Nash

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“Swept with confused alarms of struggle and fight, where ignorant armies clash by night.”

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Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

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“Suppose one of them set free and for suddenly to stand up, turn his head, and walk with us lifted to the light; all these movements will be painful, and he would be to dazzle to make out the objects of shadows he had been used to see.”

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Allegory of the Cave by Plato

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“For you see there before you, friend Sancho Panza, some thirty or more lawless Giants it was him I mean to do battle.”

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Don Quixote by Cervantes

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“‘I? Pay?” laughed Zi’Dima, “I’d sooner stay here till I rot!”

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The Jar by Pirandello

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“Far from his folk a dead man lies that once was friends with me.”

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The Isle of Portland by Housman

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“Paul had told him he wouldn’t never have no more to do with Jim as long as he lived.”

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Haircut by Lardner

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“He’s such a card!”

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Haircut by Lardner

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“One is still making notes under the light.”

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Auto Wreck by Shapiro

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“For death in war is done by hands; suicide has cause and stillbirth, logic.”

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Auto Wreck by Shapiro

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“Why do sinners’ ways prosper?”

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Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord by Hopkins

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“His twisted leer was smoothed into a pleasant smile.”

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The Greatest Man in the World by Thurber

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“…seized the greatest man in the world by his left shoulder and the seat of his pants, and pushed him out the window.”

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The Greatest Man in the World by Thurber

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“It’s not true. I’ve never been fearless.”

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Conversation with an American Writer by Yevtuskenko

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“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

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Ozymandias by Shelley

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“Perhaps sometimes He tires of being great in solitude. Without a hand to hold.”

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The Preacher: Ruminates Behind the Sermon by Brooks

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“They are above us all the time, the good gentlemen, Mozart and Bach…”

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The Angels by Updike

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“Lavishing measures of light down upon us…”

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The Angels by Updike

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“-and several of them, alas, are forged notes.”

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On Heroes and Hero-Worship by Carlyle

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“It is an eternal cornerstone, from which they can begin to build themselves up again.”

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On Heroes and Hero-Worship by Carlyle

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“He died in 1895. He is not dead.”

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Frederick Douglas: 1817-1895 by Hughes

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“Félicité did not pride herself on it in the least, not having the barest suspicion that she had done anything heroic.”

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A Simple Heart by Flaubert

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“…and a gigantic parrot hovering above her head.”

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A Simple Heart by Flaubert

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“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”

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The Road Not Taken by Frost

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“right he set the jug down slowly at his feet with trembling care, knowing that most things break.”

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Mr. Flood’s Party by Robinson

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“I will fight for him as I would fight for my own father.”

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Oedipus Rex by Sophocles