I am writing a novel, but want some form of quote at the beginning.
The novel is about a guy who has something inside of him that has forced him to commit an evil act (Before the novel begins). At the beginning of the book he isolates himself from the rest of humanity and refuses to form any type of connections with anyone. The connections, though, are forced upon him when he meets someone and most of the story is about the guy accepting that you can not run from the human race and he can not escape the thing inside of him.
Anything would help. If you could give me a site or person that has quotes relating to the subject it would be perfect. Thank you
2007-09-25 05:58:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
As an added note, I have already written the second portion to this and the quote that begins it is from Jean Jacques Roussuea "man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."
2007-09-25 06:14:20 · update #1
The first part of this one fits:
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29901.html
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2007-09-25 06:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?
Ray Bradbury (1920 - ), Fahrenheit 451, 1953
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
2007-09-25 15:41:42 · answer #2 · answered by Spots^..^B4myeyes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"..freedom has a twofold meaning for modern man: that he has been freed from traditional authorities and has become an 'individual,' but that at the same time he has become isolated, powerless and an instrument of purposes outside of himself, alienated from himself and others; furthermore, that this state undermines his self, weakens and frightens him, and makes him ready for submission to new kinds of bondage. Positive freedom on the other hand is identical with the full realization of the individual's potentialities, together with his ability to live actively and spontaneously."
Eric Fromm
Escape from Freedom
2007-09-25 13:07:02 · answer #3 · answered by roxy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds interesting. Something Biblical might make a good start. The 23rd Psalm, perhaps:
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with
me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
I grew up hearing those words, and yet somehow, their veracity escapes me, and they seem to have no application to my life."
(Are you writing in the first person? If not, you could use he instead of I)
2007-09-25 13:10:35 · answer #4 · answered by leslie b 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" It's a dangerous business going out your front door" by J. R. Tolkien.
2007-09-25 14:17:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tlbs101 took mine but thats okay because i almost misquoted it and said "no man is an island unto himself"
2007-09-25 13:08:33 · answer #6 · answered by cookiesmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you write such a book about me, I'll sue you.
2007-09-25 13:01:56 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it seems that the someone he met has enlighten him to the meaning of-"Sooner or later one has got to learn to till their own soil"
2007-09-25 15:51:22 · answer #8 · answered by austin g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can lie to your friends, you can lie to your family, you can lie in court, you can lie to the press, but you cannot lie to yourself
2007-09-25 14:23:46 · answer #9 · answered by kelby_lake 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. JFK
2007-09-25 13:02:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋