“Up out of the lampshade, startled by the overhead light, flew a large nocturnal butterfly that began circling the room. The strains of the piano and violin rose up weakly from below.”
With spring in the air, this bit of literary poetry sprang to mind.
What words from literature make you think of spring, or vice versa?
A few of literature’s memorable and thought provoking sentences:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
“At the still point, there the dance is.”
“A story has no beginning or end; arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.”
What lines in literature do you know to be unforgettable?
Please share a line or two that has impacted you?
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