Junkyard Quotes

Occsionally (occasionally being once a week or so) I will have the pleasure of dumping my life directly into your life in the form of Junkyard quotes. Anything that I might have read or said or heard that I find interesting, I can simply place here and you can read it. This, while fantastic, may overload you at first with a wealth of information that you did not know existed. Be not afraid, for I am wholly good.

1 - ''Well, I'll kill you WITH Linda. She makes an excellent bat if only you grasp her legs firmly.''

This was said to my friend Nick on Maple Story, which I am sad to admit I play. Whoever Linda is, she does not appear on my Buddy List. Regardless, he said he was going to kill Linda, to which I gave the reply in quotes. This is totally shameless self promotion because I want to point out that I made myself laugh and thought it was a rather clever thing to say.

2- ''No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.''

-Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man-

I love this quote not only because in context, the quote is somewhat humorous, but also because it makes me sit around and think for a bit. I find that most of the book this quote comes from is both funny and deep and I think that marks a successful writer-- that is, the ability to make a person laugh, but immediately after the laughter to evoke a disquieting period of thought.

3 - ''And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.''

-George Orwell, 1984-

1984 is riddled with excellent pieces to quote and powerful reminders against a Totalitarian government system, but this one is what I believe the core of the book is about. The message rings true throughout history echoing adages about the winner of wars writing history books and even being applicable in every day life. Truly, it is a quote that transcends history.

4 - ''His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.''

-William Golding, Lord of the Flies-

I had actually wanted something straight from the pig killing scene itself, but It's just a bunch of screaming. Essentially the scene is an extremely sexually charged piece that is symbolic of an orgy. The pig scene is in many ways a turning point for the island-- after the pig scene there will always be the madness of killing against the wisdom of piggy. Looking back on it, the fact that his name is piggy and they slay a pig should have been an extremely obvious foreshadowing for me to read. The fact that killing is referred to as a long satisfying drink really drives home the change that has been made in these boys. The degradation of their society was always inevitable and is driven by the need for blood. Wonderful piece of work.

5 - ''Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.''

-Milton, Paradise Lost-

The final quote I wish to lay down for you would be one from Satan. Simple in nature and yet amazingly true, the quote illustrates the problem society has with intellect. Intelligent people are apparently evil by nature where honest, brute strength is the bastion of godliness. A good example: Superman vs Lex Luther. An even better example: God vs Satan.