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Rated: E · In & Out · Writing · #1749236
Works penned by writers that inspire, entertain, and/or resonate with readers
Haven't we as writers dreamed of penning such an incredible opening line:

All happy families resemble on another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy

And I'm sure all of us have literacy quotes that resonate with our psyche.

They who dream by day are recognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allen Poe

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.  James Joyce

I can't help thinking this quote from James Joyce was the inspiration for Robbie Robertson's lyrics from What About Now:
The errors of a wiseman
Make the rules for a fool.


And let's not forget enduring phrases penned by writers in film and television:

From Seinfeld

Jerry: But the question is, are you still the master of your domain
Elaine: So, you think you're sponge-worthy?


"I'll be back!" The Terminator

And please forgive me, but in creating this In and Out, I've never forgotten this line from Stanley Kubrick's  A Clockwork Orange;

No time for the old in-out love, I've just come to read the meter.


As writers, don't we all hope to pen such memorable sentences, lines, lyrics, and quips that will endure in our readers' minds? To inspire our fellow writers, please post some of your favorites- open to all genre, just keep them acceptable to all readers.

: Grin 'n Bear It! Author IconMail Icon
: 02-07-11 @ 12:39pm
: Life isn't long enough for love and art. W. Somerset Maugham

: Bonnie Author IconMail Icon
: 02-07-11 @ 12:59pm
: I am in ernest----I will not equivocate ---I will not excuse --- I will not retreat a single inch -----and I will be heard! William Lloyd Garrison

: Turtle ~ KanyáthƐko:wa:h Author IconMail Icon
: 02-07-11 @ 2:55pm
: I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

: Alexandra Jones Author IconMail Icon
: 02-07-11 @ 3:16pm
: "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door ... You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to." J.R.R. Tolkien

: janice48 Have a Nice Day!! Author IconMail Icon
: 02-07-11 @ 8:20pm
: Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night. Edgar Allan Poe

: Finn O'Flaherty Author IconMail Icon
: 02-07-11 @ 10:57pm
: 'Know that there is nothing,Then relinquish your attachment to the nothingness.' Hua Hu Ching

: Aerona Day Author IconMail Icon
: 02-07-11 @ 11:21pm
: "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer." - Albert Camus

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