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on soma, anydelirium said:
“A sort of drug immortalized in Adolus Huxley's Brave New World.

'"Why don't you tke soma when you have these dreadful ideas of...” more...
on kerflummoxed, anydelirium said:
“Perfectly baffled.” more...
on happy keister, anydelirium said:
“A grandpa-ism for you all.” more...
on getting on my last nerve, anydelirium said:
“Don't know about Srkrause, but I myself have lived in dutch country PA my entire life, and I'm quite familiar with the phrase- so much so that's I'm...” more...
on the list literary and screen collaborations, anydelirium said:
“This is an utterly marvelous list!” more...
on let's blow this popsicle stand!, anydelirium said:
“Hey now, I like this, and I'm not old. It's time for the old people phrases to make a comeback.” more...
on compass rose, anydelirium said:
“East is a fantastic book. Read it years ago and still remember it fondly.” more...
on la belle dame sans merci, anydelirium said:
“'I saw pale kings and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried—“La Belle Dame sans Merci
Hath thee in...” more...
on footnote, anydelirium said:
“Good Omens is a marvelous, marvelous book. The Bartimaeus Trilogy also has some wonderfully hilarious footnotes, particularly for a young...” more...
on will ferrell, anydelirium said:
“Annoying, yes, but "Stranger Than Fiction" was a good, good movie. I mean, it was about books! What's not to love?

(Edited because 'Stranger than...” more...
on ananym, anydelirium said:
“Ooh. Oooh, that was just- well, I'm not sure if that was really good or really, really bad.” more...
on ananym, anydelirium said:
“Aha! It's an ingenious plan!” more...
on ananym, anydelirium said:
“Well, those would be palindromes, though I guess they could count if you were using them as a pen name. Kind of defeats the purpose though, right?” more...
on aolist, anydelirium said:
“A person who claims to be inspired.” more...
on ananym, anydelirium said:
“One's name written backwards as a pseudonym.

-muiriledyna” more...
on analecta, anydelirium said:
Literary gleanings.

"My journals of collected quotes could be described as analecta." more...
on alethiology, anydelirium said:
“The study of truth.” more...
on adversaria, anydelirium said:
“A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.” more...
on cup of tea, anydelirium said:
“'I can never find a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.' -C.S. Lewis” more...
on sourdough starter, anydelirium said:
“Something that there can never, ever be enough of.” more...
on the list Love, anydelirium said:
“Hee, thanks. I filled it with all the delicious tidbits that just make my heart happy.” more...
on the list l.m. montgomery, anydelirium said:
“Ooh, what a fun idea for a list! I'll keep my eye on this.” more...
on john travolta, anydelirium said:
“*laugh* Maybe, Treeseed, but my mom's of the Grease generation, and I practically grew up with Danny Zuko an' all.” more...
on rejoicingly, anydelirium said:
“HIGH waving heather 'neath stormy blasts bending,
Midnight and moonlight and bright shining stars,
Darkness and glory rejoicingly blending,...” more...
on champagne, anydelirium said:
“It might sounds better than it is, but really, it sounds so pretty- who can resist?” more...
on lobelia, anydelirium said:
“Also the name of Bilbo Baggins' cousin from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. One of the greedy Sackwater-Bagginses.” more...
on i'm allergic to cats, anydelirium said:
“I am exactly where you are, c_b. I'm more of a dog person, but I still love the kitties, and would spend more time around them if it did not induce...” more...
on right and wrong, anydelirium said:
“'"Who is right, and who is wrong? No one. But live while you live, tomorrow you die, as I might have died an hour ago. And is it worth worrying...” more...
on wretched, anydelirium said:
“'"He was altogether wretched. He hated the dark, and he hated the light more: he hated everything."' -The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R....” more...
on lotus, anydelirium said:
“'And the lotus rose- quietly, quietly
The surface flittered out of heart of light.'
-Burnt Norton, from Four Quartets, by T.S. Eliot” more...
on believe, anydelirium said:
“'"My thesis is this: I want you to believe."
'"To believe what?"
'"To believe in things you cannot."' -Dracula, by Bram Stoker” more...
on commonplaces, anydelirium said:
“'"My life is spent in one long effort to esacpe from the commonplaces of exsistence."' -The Red-Headed League, a tale of Sherlock Holmes, by...” more...
on youth, anydelirium said:
“'"Why should I laugh?" asked the old man. "Madness is youth is true wisdom."' -from the fairy tale The Enchanted Canary, in Andrew Lang's Red...” more...
on forever, anydelirium said:
“'Everyone had a forever, but given a choice, this would be mine. The one that began in this moment, with him, in a kiss that took my breath away,...” more...
on voice, anydelirium said:
“'The young pastor's voice as tremulously sweet, rich, deep and broken. The feeling that it so evidently manifested, rather than the direct...” more...
on self-possessed, anydelirium said:
“'I keep my countenance,
I remain self-possessed
Except when a street piano, mechanical and tired
Reiterated some worn-out common song
With the...” more...
on dirt, anydelirium said:
“'"If someone dared you to eat dirt, you could, couldn't you?" he asked condescendingly.
'I wrinkled my nose. "I did once... on a dare," I admitted....” more...
on loompa-land, anydelirium said:
“The home of the Oompa-loompas, lovers of cacao beans and employees in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.” more...
on gotham city, anydelirium said:
“The home city of Bruce Wayne, or Batman.” more...
on Treeseed's profile, anydelirium said:
“Oh, you've been? I'm jealous- I've never gotten to go.” more...
on angels, anydelirium said:
“'All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even exsistence.' -On Angels, by Czeslaw Milosz” more...
on hell, anydelirium said:
“'"Every state of mind, left to itself, every shutting up of the creature within the dungeon of its own mind- is, in the end, Hell."' -The Great...” more...
on torment, anydelirium said:
“'Thou are to me a delicious torment. Thine ever, or never.' -Ralph Waldo Emerson” more...
on virtue, anydelirium said:
“'Virtue is its own punishment.' -Aneurin Bevan” more...
on afraid, anydelirium said:
“'For to be afraid of oneself is the last horror.' -The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis” more...
on books, anydelirium said:
“'There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well-written, or poorly written. That is all.' -Oscar Wilde, in the author's preface to...” more...
on violent, anydelirium said:
“'These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder
Which, as they kiss, consume.'
-Romeo and Juliet,...” more...
on hush, anydelirium said:
“'"Hush- hush!" implored Cousin Stickles.

'"I don't mean to hush," said Valancy, perversely. "I've hush-hushed all my life. I'll scream if I want...” more...
on pemberly, anydelirium said:
“The family estate of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the hero of Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice.” more...
on never-never land, anydelirium said:
“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning.

The island home of Peter Pan, title character from J.M. Barrie's novel.” more...
on wuthering heights, anydelirium said:
“The Earnshaw home, for which Emily Bronte's gothic novel Wuthering Heights is named.” more...
on thornfield, anydelirium said:
“The family home of Mr. Rochester, the dashing, mysterious hero of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.” more...
on newford, anydelirium said:
“The fictional city around which fantasy author Charles de Lint centers many of his stories. Loosely based off of New York City.” more...
on avonlea, anydelirium said:
“Though imaginary, it's not entirely fictional, as L.M. Montgomery based the P.E.I. town on her own home village of Cavendish.” more...
on wardrobe, anydelirium said:
“'(She had, of course, left the door open, for she knew that it is a very silly thing to shut oneself in a wardrobe.)' -The Lion, the Witch, and...” more...
on sweet, anydelirium said:
“'How sad and bad and mad it was, but then, how it was sweet.' -Robert Browning” more...
on asphyxia, anydelirium said:
“'To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.' -Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo” more...
on write, anydelirium said:
“'I'm just going to write because I cannot help it.' -Charlotte Bronte” more...
on punish, anydelirium said:
“'"For shame, Heathcliff!" said I. "It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive."
'"No," he replied. "God won't have the...” more...
on delirium, anydelirium said:
“'You add the most delightful sense of the macabre to any delirium.' -Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End

*wink*” more...
on Treeseed's profile, anydelirium said:
“*grin* Took me some nosing around to figure it out, too.

When you're in your library, click the little symbol that lets you edit the book. Down a...” more...
on the list Shades of eyeshadow, anydelirium said:
“I have to agree- this is beautiful!” more...
on echo, anydelirium said:
“A minor goddess in greek mythology. Cursed to only be able to say what she hears someone else say first, she pined away for Narcissus until only her...” more...
on parting, anydelirium said:
“'Parting is all we know of heaven
And all we need of hell.' -Emily Dickinson” more...
on reality, anydelirium said:
“'I reject your reality and subsitute my own!' -Mythbusters” more...
on rebellion, anydelirium said:
“'All rebellion begins in isolation.' -Dave Edwards” more...
on bunbury, anydelirium said:
“JACK: This ghastly state of things is what you'd call Bunburying, I suppose.
ALGERNON: Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most...” more...
on extortion, anydelirium said:
“'She mutely offered a kiss, an offer taken unfair advantage of, to the extortion of about a hundred kisses.' -Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte” more...
on velleities, anydelirium said:
“'-And so the conversation slips
Among velleities and carefully caught regrets
Through attenuated tones of violins
Mingled with remote...” more...
on mermaids, anydelirium said:
“'I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think they will sing to me.'
-The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot” more...
on spectators, anydelirium said:
“'And so, I think, will our age go down- in fiery destruction to the applause of a crowded house of cheering spectators.' -Soren Kierkegaard” more...
on experience, anydelirium said:
“'Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn- my God, do you learn.' -C.S. Lewis” more...
on normal, anydelirium said:
“'I have no confidence in the normal, well-balanced type of persons.' -The Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allen Poe” more...
on mind, anydelirium said:
“'the mind is its own beautiful prisoner.' -e.e. cummings” more...
on rest, anydelirium said:
“'"I want rest- rest!" said Mrs. Kent, laughing wildly. "Can you find that for me? Don't you know I'm a ghost, Emily? I died years ago... I walk in...” more...
on prayer, anydelirium said:
“'May you do for La Hire what you would like La Hire to do for you, if you were La Hire and La Hire were God.' -famous prayer of Etienne do Vignolles,...” more...
on sanity, anydelirium said:
“'Sanity is madness put to good use.' -attributed to George Santayana” more...
on please, anydelirium said:
“'"He simply said, 'Please. Please, I need to live.' Twas the please that caught my memory. I asked what was so important for him. 'True love,' he...” more...
on bored, anydelirium said:
“'The man who lets himself be bored is more contemptible than the bore.' -Samuel Butler” more...
on truth, anydelirium said:
“'The truth is more important than the facts.' -Frank Lloyd Wright” more...
on honest, anydelirium said:
“'I am not naturally honest, but sometimes I am so by chance.' -William Shakespeare” more...
on labyrinth, anydelirium said:
“'How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?' reportedly Simon Bolivar's last words.” more...
on vo-tech, anydelirium said:
“A vocational school. (For example, I have a friend attending the local vo-tech for his mechanic's certification or degree or whatever the frick they...” more...
on etymology, anydelirium said:
“Definitely not- I get them mixed up all the time.” more...
on beer, anydelirium said:
“'"There's this car, that runs on water, man. Th reason the government doesn't want us to know about it is cause they know we'll buy all the...” more...
on darkness, anydelirium said:
“'I never knew the darkness had so many colours, all of them black.' -the book Firethorn, by Sarah Micklem” more...
on abstract, anydelirium said:
“'There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterwards you can then remove all traces of reality.' -Pable Picasso” more...
on ishkabibble, anydelirium said:
“My grandfather called his grandchildren this all the time- I never thought I'd find it here!” more...
on godnought, anydelirium said:
“Oh, goodness, that's hilarious.” more...
on doubt, anydelirium said:
“'"You should never, ever doubt what nobody is sure of."' -Willy Wonka in the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” more...
on heaven, anydelirium said:
“'My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it be through earth's lovliness.' -Michelangelo” more...
on commandeer, anydelirium said:
“Will Turner: We're going to steal a ship? That ship?
Jack Sparrow: "Commandeer." We're going to commandeer that ship. Nautical...” more...
on commandeer, anydelirium said:
“'(The form for commandeering a genuine NYC garbage truck MAY be 34 pages long, but one day I will think of a reason to fill it out, I swear to you.)'...” more...
on despair, anydelirium said:
“'I can endure my own despair better than another man's hope.' -William Welsh” more...
on shirty, anydelirium said:
“'"Look, son," the cop says. "There's no need to get all shirty with me."
'"Shirty??"
'"YES, shirty."
'I quite like the word.' -the book I Am The...” more...
on writing, anydelirium said:
“'Writing is easy. Just place a piece of paper in the typewriter and start bleeding.' -Thomas Wolfe” more...
on novel, anydelirium said:
“'The person who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid.' -the book Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen” more...
on insanity, anydelirium said:
“'Insanity- doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.' -Albert Einstien” more...
on cliffs of insanity, anydelirium said:
“A setting in William Goldman's book 'The Princess Bride' and in the movie of the same name. Aptly named, for these cliffs are ridiculously tall- only...” more...
on buttercup, anydelirium said:
“The heroine and title character in William Goldman's book 'The Princess Bride'.” more...
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