dont ask me how you spell it but its my new book for english and its booooooooooooooooooooring !!! :(
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dont ask me how you spell it but its my new book for english and its booooooooooooooooooooring !!! :(
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Perhaps an R.L. Stine would be more your league.
:ninja:
Shit I'd have loved to have read that book at school...we did Wuthering Heights and Hamlet (among others)....good stories but very, very booooooring)
I've posted this elsewhere but the important thing to remember with books like these are that they are classics for a reason and a closer reading of the text can make them quite rewarding.
dont he write books for 10 yr olds ? :huh:Quote:
Originally posted by MagicNakor@6 November 2003 - 23:09
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Perhaps an R.L. Stine would be more your league.
:ninja:
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Perhaps an R.L. Stine would be more your league.
:ninja:
Yeah.
Some memorable remarks from the aforementioned novel.
I don't find it boring at all.
Dr. Henry Jekyll
*"The trouble with work is - it's so daily."
*"Scientists say one out of every four people is crazy. Check three friends and if they are OK, then you're it."
*"Pain and suffering is inevitable but misery is optional."
*"It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others."
*"It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help."
*"Sex is like air: it's not important unless you aren't getting any."
*"We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse."
*"No one is listening until you make a mistake."
"Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue."
"My Reality Check bounced."
"I don't suffer from stress. I'm a carrier."
"Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. I'm mad but not ill."
"Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view. "
"I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce. "
"You sound reasonable...Time to up my medication."
"Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject."
"I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message..."
"Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs."
"Out of my mind...Back in five minutes. "
"If all is not lost, then where is it? "
"The first rule of holes: If you are in one, stop digging. "
"I started out with nothing & still have most of it left. "
"A laboratory is just a padded cell with a bunsen burner."
"I pretend to work. They pretend to pay me."
"I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks."
"Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm."
"When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded."
"Insanity is my only means of relaxation."
"There cannot be a crisis this week; my schedule is already full."
"The nice part of living in a small town is that when I don't know what I'm doing, someone else does."
"Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness."
"Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it."
"You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me."
"This isn't a lab. It's Hell with incandescent lighting."
"Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet."
"Is it time for your medication or mine?"
"I'm not tense, just terribly, terribly alert."
"I used to have a handle on life, but it broke."
"If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished."
"Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have."
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research."
"Everybody repeat after me... "We are all individuals."
"No one is listening until you make a mistake."
"Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."
"I no longer need to punish, deceive, or compromise myself, unless I want to stay employed."
"As I let go of my feelings of guilt, I am in touch with my inner sociopath."
"I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those censorious, self-righteous people around me."
"I am at one with my duality."
"To have a successful relationship I must learn to make it look like I'm giving as much as I'm getting."
"All of me is beautiful, even the ugly, stupid and disgusting parts."
"I'm not sure we can stand another ominuous discovery. Can it wait until after supper?"
"When in doubt, use big words. With any luck at all, no one will know what you are saying but will be too embarassed to question you."
"When you're finally holding all the cards, why does everyone else decide to play chess?"
"Am I getting smart with you? How would you know?"
"The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when it's open."
"Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?"
"If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?"
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
Mr. Edward Hyde
*"The world is my game, everyone is just playing it."
"Save a tree, eat a beaver."
"It's lonely at the top, but you eat better."
"Don't drink and drive...You might hit a bump and spill your drink."
"Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies."
"There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives."
"Are you a fucking ray of sunshine every day?"
"At least I have a positive attitude about my destructive habits."
"Satan for president! Why go for the lesser of two evils?"
"What a lovely fire. Kinda makes me wish we had a fireplace there."
"Always beware of people who smile excessively."
"Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial."
"Don't piss me off! I'm running out of places to hide the bodies. "
"It takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to pull the trigger of a decent sniper rifle."
"I love defenseless animals, especially in a good gravy."
"Guns don't kill people, postal workers do."
"Do I look like a freakin' people person?"
"If I throw a stick, will you leave?"
"Chaos, panic, and disorder -- my work here is done."
"Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't."
"Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool."
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good."
"The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes."
"If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before."
"I am willing to make the mistakes if someone else is willing to learn from them."
"I honor and express all facets of my being, regardless of state and local laws."
"I know that forgiveness is much cleaner than death, but not nearly as gratifying."
"I honor my personality flaws. Without them I would have no personality at all."
"Having control over myself is almost as good as having control over others."
"I'm the bad guy! We always have a plan!"
"You are not me, therefore you're irrelevant."
"I guess after repeated exposure, I seem more and more like an evil psychotic bastard."
"Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them."
"An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys."
"Life is sexually transmitted."
"I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem."
"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive, anyway."
"Food...Sex...Death...NOW!"
"Dead men don't talk back."
"A fool and his money are soon partying."
Yup, that's the same book I read then.
:P
was i meant to read all that ? :lol: <_<
Yes you were! :P LOL Im not going to read that much. Thats more then ive read in 3 years. :P
lol - i will watch it fly by as i scroll down the page ! :)
:blink: @chalice: I hadn't read it, and I had no idea...now I have to read it. :D
I just finished Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. None of the quotes you posted were from Robert Louis Stevenson's version.