Great quotes in literature

[ggcarl]

From The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth:

"My dear fellow," Burlingame said, "we sit here on a blind rock careening through space; we are all of us rushing headlong to the grave. Think you the worms will care, when anon they make a meal of you, whether you spent your moment sighing wigless in your chamber, or sacked the golden towns of Montezuma?"

 

[Ossai]

Firstly, that God moves in extremely mysterious, not to say, circuitous ways. God does not play dice with the universe; He plays and ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, * to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.

* ie., everybody.

from Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

 

[Hand Bent Spoon]

"--then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink."