stupid thread: favorite beginning line(s) of a book and ending line(s) of a movie

patrick · 12-29-2002, 06:11 AM

bb: "As Gregor Samsa woke from restless sleep, he found himself transformed in his bed into a giant insect." - kafka's _the metamorphosis_

em: "It was great seeing Annie again and I realized what a terrific person she was and how much fun it was just knowing her and I thought of that old joke, you know, the, this, this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, 'Doc, uh, my brother's crazy, he thinks he's a chicken,' and uh, the doctor says, 'well why don't you turn him in?' And the guy says, 'I would, but I need the eggs.' Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships. You know, they're totally irrational and crazy and absurd and, but uh, I guess we keep going through it...because...most of us need the eggs." -woody allen's _annie hall_

Gwargh · 12-29-2002, 06:45 AM

Dammit, they made us read the same excerpt from that book every single year in elementary school.

Samsa · 06:59 AM

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.

Samsa · 12-29-2002, 06:58 AM

Indian: Are you the Lord Buddha?
Dalai Lama: I believe I am a reflection, like the moon on water. When you see me, and I try to be a good man, you see yourself.

sawdust restaurants · 12-29-2002, 12:52 PM

Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo …

His father told him that story: his father looked at him through a glass: he had a hairy face. He was baby tuckoo. The moocow came down the road where Betty Byrne lived: she sold lemon platt. -- Joyce, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"

and

Mein Furher, I can walk! -- Dr. Strangelove, in the movie of the same name

sawdust restaurants · 12-29-2002, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by Graveflower
I can't do this. My memory isn't sufficient.

I had to look the Joyce one up.

sawdust restaurants · 12-29-2002, 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by Graveflower
I should fucking hope so. I've read about one page of one of his books and had to stop right there.

They're hard, and frankly I have no fucking idea what Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake are about, but Portrait is a bit easier than those. I don't 100% understand it, but maybe 50%, and I think dedicating some study/research/what have you to understand that 50% is worth it. It's a wonderful book.

Tessellation · 12-29-2002, 07:46 PM

"wake up"-school daze

relaxor! · 12-29-2002, 08:08 PM

I tilted my head back then so that all I could see was the sky. The universe. I remembered my dream, of how Pioneer came to my bedroom window and waited for me to put something on board. Suddenly I knew what I would do. The gold figures of the man and woman from Earth - I would etch two names in the gold beneath them.
Jason Marceline
And we would go sailing out to the stars.

-Space Station Seventh Grade - Jerry Spinelli

God that's just so corny and nice.

jenniferkate · 12-29-2002, 09:21 PM

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
-vladimir nabokov, lolita

or

The summer she was fifteen, Melanie discovered she was made of flesh and blood.
-angela carter, the magic toyshop.

the movie thing i need to think about.

jenniferkate · 12-29-2002, 09:41 PM

okay, movie end-lines:

Lord, save little children. You'd think the world would be ashamed to name such a day as Christmas for one of them and then go on in the same old way. My soul is humble when I see the way little ones accept their lot. Lord, save little children. The wind blows and the rain's a-cold. Yet they abide. They abide and they endure.

-from the night of the hunter

or

Martha: Did you, did you have to?
George: Yes.
Martha: ...You had to?
George: Yes.
Martha: I don't know.
George: It was time.
Martha: Was it?
George: Yes.
Martha: I'm cold.
George: It's late.
Martha: Yes.
George: It will be better.
Martha: I don't know.
George: It will be, maybe.
Martha: I'm not sure.
George: No.
Martha: Just us?
George: Yes.
Martha: You don't suppose, maybe...
George: No.
Martha: Yes. No.
George: All right?
Martha: Yes. No.
George (singing softly to her):

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf

Martha: I am George.
George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha: I am George, I am.

-from who’s afraid of virginia woolf

patrick · 12-29-2002, 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by jenniferkate
Martha: Did you, did you have to?
George: Yes.
Martha: ...You had to?
George: Yes.
Martha: I don't know.
George: It was time.
Martha: Was it?
George: Yes.
Martha: I'm cold.
George: It's late.
Martha: Yes.
George: It will be better.
Martha: I don't know.
George: It will be, maybe.
Martha: I'm not sure.
George: No.
Martha: Just us?
George: Yes.
Martha: You don't suppose, maybe...
George: No.
Martha: Yes. No.
George: All right?
Martha: Yes. No.
George (singing softly to her):

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf

Martha: I am George.
George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha: I am George, I am.

i love that one

Sepiae · 12-30-2002, 01:33 AM

Jerry: "But I'm a man!"
Osgood: "Nobody's perfect."
--Some Like It Hot

Henry: "Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?"
--My Fair Lady

Alice: "Of course, now there's something very important we have to right away." [paraphrased]
Bill: "What's that?"
Alice: "Fuck."
--Eyes Wide Shut

Tessellation · 12-30-2002, 02:06 AM

"Blow out your candles, Laura."

-The Glass Menagerie

coffee spoons · 12-30-2002, 02:11 AM

"this song's called fuck your ass."

Tessellation · 12-30-2002, 02:16 AM

"Mediocrities everywhere, now and to come: I absolve you all!
Amen! Amen! Amen!"

-Amadeus

Tessellation · 12-30-2002, 02:18 AM

"I think now, looking back, we did not fight the
enemy, we fought ourselves - and the enemy was in us
... The war is over for me now, but it will always be
there - the rest of my days. As I am sure Elias will
be - fighting with Barnes for what Rhah called
possession of my soul ... There are times since I
have felt like the child born of those two fathers
... but be that as it may, those of us who did make
it have an obligation to build again, to teach to
others what we know and to try with what's left of
our lives to find a goodness and meaning to this life
..."

-Platoon

Tessellation · 12-30-2002, 02:22 AM

BRIAN (VO)
Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact
that we had to sacrifice a whole
Saturday in detention for whatever
it was we did wrong. But we think
you're crazy to make an essay
telling you who we think we are.
You see us as you want to see us...
In the simplest terms, in the most
convenient definitions.
CUT TO:

41. EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD - DAY

We see Bender walking towards us as Brian's monologue
continues.

BRIAN (VO)
(CONT'D)
But what we found out is that each
one of us is a brain...

ANDREW (VO)
...and an athlete...

ALLISON (VO)
...and a basket case...

CLAIRE (VO)
...a princess...

BENDER (VO)
...and a criminal...

BRIAN (VO)
Does that answer your question?
Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.

Jaggie · 12-30-2002, 02:27 AM

"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since." - The Great Gatsby

"Vincent: I think we should be leaving now.
Jules: Yea that's probably a good idea." - Pulp Fiction

Urban_Ideation · 12-30-2002, 03:07 AM

i can't even think of one book line.

favorite final movie line: "You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure, but you will...someday." American Beauty

patrick · 12-30-2002, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jaggie
"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since." - The Great Gatsby

that's my second-favorite. good choice.

12-29-2002, 06:11 AM	#1
patrick Minion of Satan Posts: 9,521	stupid thread: favorite beginning line(s) of a book and ending line(s) of a movie bb: "As Gregor Samsa woke from restless sleep, he found himself transformed in his bed into a giant insect." - kafka's _the metamorphosis_ em: "It was great seeing Annie again and I realized what a terrific person she was and how much fun it was just knowing her and I thought of that old joke, you know, the, this, this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, 'Doc, uh, my brother's crazy, he thinks he's a chicken,' and uh, the doctor says, 'well why don't you turn him in?' And the guy says, 'I would, but I need the eggs.' Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships. You know, they're totally irrational and crazy and absurd and, but uh, I guess we keep going through it...because...most of us need the eggs." -woody allen's _annie hall_

12-29-2002, 06:53 AM	#3
Samsa Banned Location: A theater near you Posts: 7,929	i've only read the beginning but love it Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me. Last edited by Samsa : 12-29-2002 at 06:59 AM.

12-29-2002, 06:58 AM	#4
Samsa Banned Location: A theater near you Posts: 7,929	and an ending Indian: Are you the Lord Buddha? Dalai Lama: I believe I am a reflection, like the moon on water. When you see me, and I try to be a good man, you see yourself.

12-29-2002, 07:46 PM	#8
Tessellation Apocalyptic Poster Location: your local library Posts: 4,422	"wake up"-school daze __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

12-29-2002, 09:21 PM	#10
jenniferkate bitch please. Location: wicked witch of the east coast Posts: 5,682	Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. -vladimir nabokov, lolita or The summer she was fifteen, Melanie discovered she was made of flesh and blood. -angela carter, the magic toyshop. the movie thing i need to think about. __________________ do you think i would discuss something as stupid as baseball with jk? we only talk about boys and lipgloss. Elizabeth Hasselbeck is dumber than (1) a bag of hammers (2) a sack of wet, disoriented mice who have been concussed with hammers (3) a lobotomized Joey Lawrence.

12-29-2002, 06:45 AM	#2
Gwargh Pledge Location: elsewhere Posts: 51	Dammit, they made us read the same excerpt from that book every single year in elementary school.

12-29-2002, 12:52 PM	#5
sawdust restaurants Fucking Creep Location: On the East Coast Posts: 5,992	Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo … His father told him that story: his father looked at him through a glass: he had a hairy face. He was baby tuckoo. The moocow came down the road where Betty Byrne lived: she sold lemon platt. -- Joyce, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and Mein Furher, I can walk! -- Dr. Strangelove, in the movie of the same name

12-29-2002, 08:08 PM	#9
relaxor! Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 3,688	I tilted my head back then so that all I could see was the sky. The universe. I remembered my dream, of how Pioneer came to my bedroom window and waited for me to put something on board. Suddenly I knew what I would do. The gold figures of the man and woman from Earth - I would etch two names in the gold beneath them. Jason Marceline And we would go sailing out to the stars. -Space Station Seventh Grade - Jerry Spinelli God that's just so corny and nice.

12-29-2002, 09:41 PM	#11
jenniferkate bitch please. Location: wicked witch of the east coast Posts: 5,682	okay, movie end-lines: Lord, save little children. You'd think the world would be ashamed to name such a day as Christmas for one of them and then go on in the same old way. My soul is humble when I see the way little ones accept their lot. Lord, save little children. The wind blows and the rain's a-cold. Yet they abide. They abide and they endure. -from the night of the hunter or Martha: Did you, did you have to? George: Yes. Martha: ...You had to? George: Yes. Martha: I don't know. George: It was time. Martha: Was it? George: Yes. Martha: I'm cold. George: It's late. Martha: Yes. George: It will be better. Martha: I don't know. George: It will be, maybe. Martha: I'm not sure. George: No. Martha: Just us? George: Yes. Martha: You don't suppose, maybe... George: No. Martha: Yes. No. George: All right? Martha: Yes. No. George (singing softly to her): Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf Martha: I am George. George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am George, I am. -from who’s afraid of virginia woolf

12-30-2002, 01:33 AM	#13
Sepiae is a modern day sex camel Location: Boston, baby Posts: 7,662	Jerry: "But I'm a man!" Osgood: "Nobody's perfect." --Some Like It Hot Henry: "Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?" --My Fair Lady Alice: "Of course, now there's something very important we have to right away." [paraphrased] Bill: "What's that?" Alice: "Fuck." --Eyes Wide Shut

12-30-2002, 02:06 AM	#14
Tessellation Apocalyptic Poster Location: your local library Posts: 4,422	"Blow out your candles, Laura." -The Glass Menagerie

12-30-2002, 02:11 AM	#15
coffee spoons Banned Location: Teh Klan Rally Posts: 260	"this song's called fuck your ass."

12-30-2002, 02:16 AM	#16
Tessellation Apocalyptic Poster Location: your local library Posts: 4,422	"Mediocrities everywhere, now and to come: I absolve you all! Amen! Amen! Amen!" -Amadeus

12-30-2002, 02:18 AM	#17
Tessellation Apocalyptic Poster Location: your local library Posts: 4,422	"I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves - and the enemy was in us ... The war is over for me now, but it will always be there - the rest of my days. As I am sure Elias will be - fighting with Barnes for what Rhah called possession of my soul ... There are times since I have felt like the child born of those two fathers ... but be that as it may, those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again, to teach to others what we know and to try with what's left of our lives to find a goodness and meaning to this life ..." -Platoon

12-30-2002, 02:22 AM	#18
Tessellation Apocalyptic Poster Location: your local library Posts: 4,422	duh! BRIAN (VO) Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. CUT TO: 41. EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD - DAY We see Bender walking towards us as Brian's monologue continues. BRIAN (VO) (CONT'D) But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain... ANDREW (VO) ...and an athlete... ALLISON (VO) ...and a basket case... CLAIRE (VO) ...a princess... BENDER (VO) ...and a criminal... BRIAN (VO) Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.

12-30-2002, 02:27 AM	#19
Jaggie Ownz Posts: 914	"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since." - The Great Gatsby "Vincent: I think we should be leaving now. Jules: Yea that's probably a good idea." - Pulp Fiction __________________ i To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. all my years, been chasing all my fears To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

12-30-2002, 03:07 AM	#20
Urban_Ideation Ownz Location: Nebraska Posts: 566	i can't even think of one book line. favorite final movie line: "You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure, but you will...someday." American Beauty