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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 13, 2018 20:47:27 GMT
This INTK doesn’t really fit here, but just wondering if anyone happens to know it offhand...
There’s this quotation I’ve been using for years, without ever really remembering where it comes from. The author is talking about dreams, specifically “...the way a dream can color your whole day.” I like it because it uses color in an unusual but extremely appropriate way: it gets to the heart of what I mean when I talk about how the mood of a dream affects a person.
Anyone know this one? I’ve been trying to hunt it down and can’t find it anywhere.
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Post by jervistetch on Nov 13, 2018 21:19:08 GMT
No but I like it. Reminds me of “Listen to the color of your dreams.”, a line from The Beatles’ song, Tomorrow Never Knows.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 11, 2018 21:30:31 GMT
1. Bump.
2. I’m on another quotation-hunt. For some reason I thought it was from a Sherlock Holmes story, but I don’t think so anymore. The speaker is listing qualities he doesn’t mind being attributed to him, but then he says, “But your pity–never!” It’s an “I can take anything but your pity” quotation, but I can’t for the life of me remember where it’s from.
[SOLVED, 12/12/2018–from John Dickson Carr’s The Crooked Hinge.)
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 11, 2018 22:32:02 GMT
1. Bump. 2. I’m on another quotation-hunt. For some reason I thought it was from a Sherlock Holmes story, but I don’t think so anymore. The speaker is listing qualities he doesn’t mind being attributed to him, but then he says, “But your pity–never!” It’s an “I can take anything but your pity” quotation, but I can’t for the life of me remember where it’s from. Scarlett to Pork? |
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 11, 2018 22:37:51 GMT
1. Bump. 2. I’m on another quotation-hunt. For some reason I thought it was from a Sherlock Holmes story, but I don’t think so anymore. The speaker is listing qualities he doesn’t mind being attributed to him, but then he says, “But your pity–never!” It’s an “I can take anything but your pity” quotation, but I can’t for the life of me remember where it’s from. Scarlett to Pork? What’s the quote? I’ve never read Gone with the Wind and can’t remember the line in the movie. And I don’t think that’s it, unfortunately. Thanks, though. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 11, 2018 22:41:21 GMT
What’s the quote? I’ve never read Gone with the Wind and can’t remember the line in the movie. And I don’t think that’s it, unfortunately. Thanks, though. Nevermind, it's Scarlett's line and it's not the same |
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 12, 2018 3:36:02 GMT
For the pity one, I seem to feel it’s British and from an adventure novel, said by a male character. I also seem to remember the word “contempt” and the phrase “damn your…”–as in “damn your eyes” or “damn your impertinence,” something like that.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 12, 2018 3:40:09 GMT
ellynmacg and alfromni, I know you’re also fans of John Dickson Carr, and I was wondering if either of you happened to know the “pity” quote–I thought for a moment it might be from his work, though I don’t think so.
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Post by alfromni on Dec 12, 2018 7:04:12 GMT
Nalkarj - I tend to think it's modern quote of an adapted classic/classical character. The first one which came to mind, but rejected farly quckly, was Mary Shelley's immortal creation Frankenstein's "Monster". Others could include Quasimodo, another perhaps the opera house "phantom". Doesn't gel to me as a John Dickson Carr quote or one of any of his other nom de plumes.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 12, 2018 15:50:07 GMT
Ah, thanks, alfromni–it actually did turn out to be a Carr quote, much to my surprise. One of the classic mystery bloggers got back to me quickly: From the killer in The Crooked Hinge: Now I’m just what wondering what play he and his author are referencing. |
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Post by alfromni on Dec 12, 2018 15:51:04 GMT
Which quotation are you actually looking for? #1 or #2, or either, or both?  |
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 12, 2018 15:52:39 GMT
Which quotation are you actually looking for? #1 or #2, or either, or both? Oh, I meant the “but your pity–never!” one. There are a whole bunch of quotes online with the heading “I can take anything but your pity,” which is why I wrote it’s that type of quotation. Either way, though, I managed to find it. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Dec 12, 2018 23:07:44 GMT
What’s the quote? I’ve never read Gone with the Wind and can’t remember the line in the movie. And I don’t think that’s it, unfortunately. Thanks, though. Nevermind, it's Scarlett's line and it's not the same Right you are! Been well over forty years since I read the book, so I can't recall if it's there, but in the film, it's Scarlett to Mammy: "And don't cry. I can stand everybody's tears but yours." |
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 16, 2019 21:05:08 GMT
Someone on another website solved the second quotation for me. It’s from Neil Gaiman’s Fragile Things: Many thanks to everyone who searched.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 23, 2019 18:52:09 GMT
For the Carr quote, by the way, I found an example of “damn your impudence” in a play, Shaw’s Candida, but that’s it.
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