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Fave one liner from a book?

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judgejudyandexecutioner · 02/05/2013 15:45

"It's lipless mouth quivered and slathered"
War of the Worlds - H G Wells

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YoniMeKateMumsnet · 02/05/2013 15:48

"...for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending."

Moby Dick, Herman Melville

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YoniMeKateMumsnet · 04/05/2013 14:37

"While I was walking, I passed these two guys that were unloading the big Christmas tree off a truck. One guy kept saying to the other guy, "Hold the sonuvabitch up! Hold it up, for Chrissake!". It certainly was a gorgeous way to talk about a Christmas tree."

That bit always kills me.

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YoniMeKateMumsnet · 04/05/2013 14:41

Oops should have said that's ^ from Catcher in the Rye.

And strictly speaking it's not a one liner, so....

"Come back", Atonement, Ian McEwan

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RebeccaMumsnet · 04/05/2013 18:59

Hi all,

We've moved this thread over to classics now - thanks to those who reported for the suggestion.

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YoniMeKateMumsnet · 06/05/2013 13:16

Another beautiful line from Beloved,

"She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind."

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YoniMeKateMumsnet · 06/05/2013 13:26

"'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms my beamish boy!
Oh frabjou day, callooh callay!'
He chortled in his joy"

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