Here’s a scene from my favorite version of A Christmas Carol. It’s the 1970 version starring Albert Finney.
Monthly Archives: December 2012
New Oscar Wilde Quotes Added
I added more quotes Oscar Wilde quotes to the site today. The quotes are from Lady Windermere’s Fan, An Ideal Husband and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I’ve got a few of my favorites below.
Remember, if you have a quote that you’d like to see in the collection, please feel free to submit a quote.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. ~ Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde
“My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people’s.” ~ Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde
“Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your past. No man is.” ~ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
We Could All Do With Some Hope
My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Newtown, Connecticut right now. Words like tragic and horrifying seem inadequate. Anyway, I thought we could all do with some hope right now.
I hope, or I could not live. ~ The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
From the death of each day’s hope another hope sprung up to live to-morrow. ~ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep. ~ Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Christmas Quotes from Literature
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at my house. The tree is almost decorated. We’re sending Christmas cards out on Friday and the shopping is progressing nicely. All of this has put me in the holiday spirit. So I thought I’d share some of my favorite quotes from the LitQuotes Christmas quotations collection.
Heap on more wood!–the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it will,
We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
~ Marmion by Sir Walter Scott
It is, indeed, the season of regenerated feeling–the season for kindling, not merely the fire of hospitality in the hall, but the genial flame of charity in the heart.
~ Old Christmas by Washington Irving
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.”
~ Roast Beef, Medium by Edna Ferber
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!” ~ A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
LitQuotes Duo – Pimples of the Mind?
I had to share today’s LitQuotes Duo. If you’d like to see more of these, go to the daily quotes page. There’s a different one every day.
“Diseased nature oftentimes breaks forth in strange eruptions.” ~ Henry IV, Part One by William Shakespeare
Certain it is that minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort, and like them, are often successfully cured by remedies in themselves very nauseous and unpalatable. ~ Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
Can people suffer from pimples of the mind?
New Quotes – Shakespeare, Haggard and More
I added new quotes to the site today! The quotes are from Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, She, Old Christmas and The Gift of the Magi. I’ve got a few of my favorites below.
I’d like to thank Tim F. for contributing the H. Rider Haggard quote. If you have a quote that you’d like to see in the collection, please feel free to submit a quote like Tim did.
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. ~ The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Young men’s love, then, lies
Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. ~ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.” ~ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Other LitQuotes Features
- Random Quote – Shakespeare? Dickens? Austen? What quote will you get?
- Random Love Quote – It’s all about love on the random love quote page.
- Random Funny Quote – Need a laugh? Check out the random funny quote.
- Random Spooky Quote – You’ll get the shivers! View a random spooky quote from our large collection of scary quotes.
Last Month for Dickens Bicentenary Gifts and Gear
Don’t miss out! Our Dickens 200th Birthday Gear will only be available through the end of 2012. This great line of Dickens products includes t-shirts, bags, water bottles and more.