SueK Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Do you ever keep a note of some quotes that stand out in books. Sometimes you are hit by a sentence and think "I like that, I will write it down somewhere". I've only just started to do this - haven't got many as yet but my favourite so far is: "You have grand gift of silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion". [The man with the twisted lip - Arthur Conan Doyle]. Or does this sound like a silly idea:blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainFreeze Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I don't think it's a silly idea at all - I don't do it now, but I used to when I was a teenager. I used to have a book of quotes from books, films, programmes etc. I don't know what happened to it actually... You may even have inspired me to start doing it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I used to type quotes up and pin them to a cork board in my room so I could see them whenever I was passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I used to type quotes up and pin them to a cork board in my room so I could see them whenever I was passing. That's a great idea! I always pick up quotes, but they drop out my mind after a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggiesfan Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I have never thought about it but it sounds like a great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I have various Word.docs full of random quotes from everything I love. Mostly Wuthering Heights and Oscar Wilde quotes come to mind though, as they're my favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 My book journal has a section for writing quotes so I've only just started doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Not a silly idea at all Sue - I have a whole collection of them that I use as page fillers for the village newsletter that I edit. Most of the readers love them. I do the same with jokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I don't keep a list of them anywhere, but if a quote has particularly stood out, I'll probably remember it anyway - I have one of those brains full of trivial rubbish, and yet can't remember to pick up the bottle of milk before I leave for work in the morning! My favourite book for quotes is Postcards From The Edge which my friend and I quote from all the time, and my favourite quote from it is "Instant gratification takes too long." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenwood Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I used to write them all over my folders when I was a student (English Lit of course!)... I like the idea of the journal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow_reader Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I've kept a quote book for about 20 years now. In fact I now have 3 of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophelia Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Not exactly a quotation but I love the word 'splother' meaning 'a fuss' and coined, I believe, by the lovely Alan Bennett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I love quotes, I use them everywhere! I just never bother to make a note of them. Maybe I should keep a quote book, or just make a word document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimera Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Recently I've been outlining (with a pencil, very lightly I swear! ) quotes I like when I read... I don't use them for anything special though, unless in my sig here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leah86 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 What a great idea,I come across quotes all the time..Maybe i SHOLUD WRITE THEM DOWN . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I have a used a quote from 'Tuesdays with Morrie' on numerous occasions in times of comfort needed for those who have needed it. Of which I have sent to a few people on here. They know who they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I have a notebook that I fill with anything that comes to mind, whether it be grocery lists, songs/artists that I've heard about and want to look up etc. I write quite a lot of book quotes in there as well, as the notebook goes everywhere with me and is usually present when I'm reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow_reader Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I have a notebook that I fill with anything that comes to mind, whether it be grocery lists, songs/artists that I've heard about and want to look up etc. I write quite a lot of book quotes in there as well, as the notebook goes everywhere with me and is usually present when I'm reading. Ohhhhh . . . . . As well as my main quote book, I umm, errrr, have a seperate notebook for all the other notey-stuff you mention Kylie. This one is smaller than my quote book so I carry that around. If I'm reading mobile and I write a quote in it I later transcribe it into my main quote book. Mainly though I write in my quote book as I read or mark relevant book pages with page markers or metal petals for future transcription. ~ Trish, whose notebook pile is actually a foothill of her TBR one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Sue, I don't think this is silly at all -- I think it's a wonderful idea. There are many times I'm reading a book and quotes jump out at me, as you said they do you, and I think you've inspired me to start keeping track of them. My member's thread seems like a great place to keep them, so I think I'll try that. Thanks for the inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I do this constantly, whether it's in a certain folder on my laptop with various passages, quotes or bits of speech or in random notebooks, or blank paper to put on my walls. I like surrounding myself with inspiring and cool things ^.^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilde Lily Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I have a large collection of favorite quotes which I keep in a folder on my computer. I add to it constantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwemad Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Silly or not.......... I'm gonna do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I have a notebook where I write my favourite quotes, poems, songlyrics and other words I want to remember. I've had it since I was about 17, it's funny to read the early pages every now and then, I remember all kinds of stuff that I don't usually think about. Would be nice to have a diary too, I have made several attempts but sooner or later I forget about it, and find the diary a year later with a few pages written of what kind of groceries I bought that particular tuesday, and nothing at all about the things that later have turned out to be really important, and then I decide it's rubbish and throw the diary away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weevilcharley Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I have a quote book, but also a notebook where I stick pictures from magazines/photos/alsorts of bits in and also write down my absolute favourite lyrics, and quotes from books and things. My singular favourite changes so often though. At the moment, it is a quote from Rudyard Kipling's poem 'If': .... And so hold on when there's nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: 'hold on!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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