Geek me up. Your favourite literary quotes? Name the text and add your own.

[ClawsandEffect]

Better never means better for everyone.

Unsex me here.

@tobee , yours are different TS Eliot poems, first one is Prufrock, second from the Four Quartets (I think).

'It is absurd to divide people into good and bad - people are either charming or tedious'.

(This comes into my mind a lot these days...)

“Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.”

Sorry, had to lower the tone a little!

Yes @BacktoKingscote. Burnt Norton section of 4 Quartets.

I think there's not much of a truer sentiment about humankind.

“Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful.”

This is my current motto. 😁

Yes to both the book and the film.

That perceptible hush which precedes a crisis

and

Absence implies presence; absence is not non existence

"I'm not afraid of the darkness outside it's the darkness inside houses I am afraid of" Not sure why that sticks with me.
"you have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.’"
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

@Pieceofpurplesky the third one rings a massive bell. Little Women maybe?

I thought that was from one of the Anne books …

Arrrgh @Thewalrusandthecarpenter I think you’re right!

There once was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrub, and he almost deserved it.

"Instant gratification takes too long."

[Postcards From The Edge, Carrie Fisher]

Voyage of the Dawn Treader!

1984

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

‘A Taste of Honey’.

Corroborative fiddlestick - The Mikado, W.S. Gilbert.

As a hint this quote is from a short story.

After all, it's not my Axminster.

Well spotted 😁

Charlotte’s Web ⬆️

The primroses were over.

Another short story:

He uncovered the fragrant eggs and I pronged a moody forkful.

Talking Heads?

Must be Wodehouse

Afraid not

Only connect.

(Which I think should be everones mantra for life)

Grab a chance and you won’t be sorry for a might-have-been