Pride and Prejudice (Quotes)

♥ “Pride is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed, that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what would have others think of us.”

♥ “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

♥ “But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.”

♥ "Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast."

♥ “Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.”

♥ “There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.”

♥ “One may be continually abusive without saying anything just; but one cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.”

♥ “To have his errors made public might ruin him for ever. He is now perhaps sorry for what he has done, and anxious to re-establish a character. We must not make him desperate.''

 “He was fond of the country and of books; and from these tastes had arisen his principal enjoyments.” (referring to Mr Bennet)

This is why I also admire their father. He has a library!
(o´∀｀o)

“Upon the whole, therefore, she found, what has been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did not in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself.”

♥ “Unhappy as the event must be for Lydia, we may draw from it this useful lesson: that loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.”

♥ "'Tis an etiquette I despise. If he wants our society, let him seek it. He knows where we live. I will not spend my hours in running after my neighbours every time they go away and come back again."

♥ “Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”

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The Wizard of Oz (book)

The Wizard of Oz

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Goodbye yellow brick road, where the dogs of society howl ~

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But, Oz never did give nothing to the tin man,

That he didn’t, didn’t already have ~ ~

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A quite famous old story piqued my interest. Sung by famous singers like Elton John and America, I’ve been wondering early and late about the content of the story and how the plot goes. I was real curious; however, I wasn’t really determined to buy the book. But, one time when I was looking for a book to read from this stock of books,

whoah, I found a queer-looking one, and when I looked at it ---> The Wizard of Oz! Yes!

And the story goes like this.

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Synopsis:

Dorothy lived in Kansas with her uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and aunt Em, the farmer’s wife. Their house had a trap door on the floor – called a cyclone cellar – that when opened, a ladder led down to a small dark place for safety in case one of those strong whirlwinds arose.

Dorothy had a black dog, named Toto, whom she loved dearly.

When one cyclone arose, her aunt Em screamed for her to quickly run to the cellar. But she could not find Toto, and the moment she caught Toto, the house was already caught by the cyclone which brought her to a strange place called the country of Oz. When Dorothy’s house reached the ground, she opened the door and queer-looking people, called the Munchkins, welcomed her joyfully for her house had killed the wicked witch of the East – who had made the Munchkins her slave for many years.

They gave Dorothy the silver shoes from the wicked witch of the East, and told her that it had some charm in them, and what that charm was, they didn’t know.

She wanted to go back to her Aunt Em and asked them if they could help her, but she had been told to go to the great wizard – Oz. Perhaps, he can find a way to send her back.

Following the yellow brick road will lead her to the city where Oz dwelt – located at the center of the country.

So, she started her journey and there she met the Scarecrow who joined her company and wished for Oz to give him brains.

As Dorothy, Toto, and the Scarecrow continued their journey, they found the Tin Woodman, who wished for a heart, and after that, the Cowardly Lion, who wished for Oz to give him courage.

When they entered the Emerald City – where Oz dwelt, the guardian of the gate made them wear green-colored spectacles for them ‘not to go blind with the radiance of the city’. They found the city to be all colored in green with different shades.

Oz had called for them one by one. But all of them had the same expression when they got out from the great room. They were all sad and gloomy for Oz told them that they can have what they wish when they had killed the wicked witch of the West – who led the Yellow Land of the West, and also made the people there as her slave.

Gladly, Dorothy, unintentionally killed the wicked witch, and when they went back to Oz, they found out that Oz wasn’t a wizard after all. He was just an ordinary, old man . . . a humbug. (o´∀｀o)

He was a ventriloquist and that deceived Dorothy and the others when they met Oz individually, that Oz had taken many different appearances.

And the Emerald City was not different from other cities. Oz ordered all of them to wear the green spectacles so that all that’s in the city will somehow look green in color.

Dorothy was told to go to the good witch of the South. Perhaps, she knows how to send her back to Kansas. And when they met, the good witch told her that through her silver shoes, she can go wherever she wants in a few seconds.

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Quotes:

“No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.”

- Dorothy

“If you only had brains in your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.”

- Scarecrow

“But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world.”

- Tin Woodman

“I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.”

- Scarecrow

“I shall take the heart, for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.”

- Tin Woodman

“I have always thought myself very big and terrible. Yet such little things as flowers came near to killing me, and such small animals as mice have saved my life.”

- Cowardly Lion

“We dare not harm this little girl, for she is protected by the power of good, and that is greater than the power of evil.”

- leader of the Winged Monkeys

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Summary of …

The people in each place:

❀ The Land of the East – Munchkins

❀ The Land of the West – Winkies

❀ The Land of the South – Quadlings, short and fat and looked chubby and good-natured

Favorite color of each land:

❀ East – blue

❀ West – yellow

❀ South – bright red

Forms of Oz

❀ Dorothy – big head

❀ Scarecrow – lovely lady

❀ Tin Woodman – terrible beast

❀ Cowardly Lion – ball of fire

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About the author:

LYMAN FRANK BAUM (1856-1919)

American author, born in Chittenango, N.Y. He is best known for a series of children’s books about the mythical country of Oz. The first of them, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), was an immensely popular humorous tale, which was successfully adapted into a musical comedy (1901) and a motion picture (1939). Under various pseudonyms Baum wrote many other books for boys and girls.

Source:

Encyclopedia International

Copyright © 1980 by Lexicon Publications, Inc.

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The Little Prince

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Title: The Little Prince
Written and drawn by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

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The Little Prince which is often described as a 'children's fable for adults', is a story which is rich in meaning and symbolism. It is an extremely likable story of a pilot who crashes in the desert and meets a charming little boy from another planet.

The story can be actually read at two levels -- as a children's story and as a story which speaks volumes about human nature, their dreams and aspirations. Very few books have been liked so immensely by children and adults alike. Every chapter leaves the readers reflecting about their lives but in a good way.

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This story talks about how adults could not understand the imaginations of children and how children could not understand adult's way of thinking.

The first instance was when the pilot, when he was 6 years old, drew an elephant inside a boa constrictor.

When he showed it to the grown-ups, they mistaken it as a hat. (it sure does look like a hat, isn't it? :D now I'm acting like a grown-up. hehe :D) So, he drew the inside of the boa constrictor so the grown-ups would understand.

The grown-ups, seeing this one, responded that he must lay aside his boa constrictors and focus on studying geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar.

Another is, if you were to say to the grown-ups: "I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof", they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all. You would have to say them: "I saw a house that cost $20,000." Then they would exclaim: "Oh, what a pretty house that is!" (well, this is true alright. :D)

Once, when the little prince was travelling to the other small planets, he first landed to a planet that was inhabited by a king. The king addressed him as a subject. To them, all men are subjects. The king's orders are rational. He told an example to the little prince, "If I ordered a general to change himself into a sea bird, and if the general did not obey me, that would not be the fault of the general. It would be my fault." The little prince asked the king over what dominion he rules, when he is alone in his small planet. The king answered, "Over everything." So, the little prince continued his journey saying to himself, "The grown-ups are very strange."

Then the second planet was inhabited by a conceited man and addressed the little prince as an admirer. The little prince asked him what an 'admirer' means. He answered, "To admire mean that you regard me as the handsomest, the best-dressed, the richest, and the most intelligent man on this planet." The little prince was puzzled because he was the only man on his small planet. So he departed, saying to himself, "The grown-ups are certainly very odd."

He came to the third planet. A tippler was seated before a collection of both empty and full bottles. The little prince asked him, "Why are you drinking?" The tippler replied, "So that I may forget that I am ashamed . . . of drinking." So, the little prince went away saying, "The grown-ups are certainly very, very odd."

The next planet belonged to a businessman, who was so busy mentioning numbers. He was counting the stars, and said that they own them. He did not want the little prince to ask him questions because he was 'concerned with matters of consequence'. So, the little prince continued his journey saying, "The grown-ups are certainly altogether extraordinary."

The fifth planet was inhabited by a lamplighter with a street lamp. During day, the lamplighter put out the lamp, and during night, he would light it up again. He follows this order faithfully. So the prince thought that he could be his friend but his planet was so small. And then he departed.

Then he came to the planet of a geographer, who didn't know if there is an ocean, mountain, town, river, or desert in his own planet, in contrast with what he said that a geographer is a scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts.

So the little prince came to the planet Earth and met the pilot who drew an elephant inside a boa constrictor when he was 6. Then, after a year, he went back to his own planet.

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Quotes from Antoine De Saint-Exupéry's works

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

- The Little Prince

"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them."

- The Little Prince

"Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it."

- The Wisdom of the Sands

"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."

- Flight to Arras

"Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction."

- Wind, Sands, and Stars

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The Ultimate Gift

I just finished reading The Ultimate Gift. It talks about the aspects of life in which we can live life to the fullest. It may sound real simple but most people do not apply these in real life. ^_^
Here are pictures of the front and back cover of the book, as well as pictures of each chapter. I also included some lines that I like. ^_^

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Look into the depths
OF ANOTHER'S SOUL
AND LISTEN,
not only with our ears,
BUT WITH OUR HEARTS
AND IMAGINATION,
and our silent love.

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♥ CHAPTER 1 ♥

IN THE BEGINNING

A journey may be long or short, but it must start at the very spot one finds oneself.

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♥ CHAPTER 2 ♥

A VOICE FROM THE PAST

In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others.

"It took me many years to figure out that everything we ever do or know or have in this life is a gift from the good Lord."

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♥ CHAPTER 3 ♥

THE GIFT OF WORK

He who loves his work never labors.

"What you don't understand is how much pleasure these things can bring you when you have earned them yourself, when leisure becomes a reward for hard work instead of a way to avoid work."

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♥ CHAPTER 4 ♥

THE GIFT OF MONEY

Money is nothing more than a tool. It can be a force for good, a force for evil, or simply be idle.

There are certain times in this life that you find yourself pursuing a course that you are not certain will prove to be fruitful.

"There is absolutely nothing that can replace money in the things that money does, but regarding the rest of the things in the world, money is absolutely useless."

"More of the violence, anxiety, divorce, and mistrust in the world is caused by misunderstanding money than any other factor."

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♥ CHAPTER 5 ♥

THE GIFT OF FRIENDS

It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends.

"Friend is a word that is thrown around far too easily by people who don't know the meaning of it."

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THE GIFT OF LEARNING

Education is a lifelong journey whose destination expands as you travel.

"But learning is a process. You can't simply sit in a classroom and someday walk offstage with a sheepskin and call yourself educated."

"The only thing I can honestly say I know now that I didn't know. . .is that the desire and hunger for education is the key to real learning."

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THE GIFT OF PROBLEMS

Problems can only be avoided by exercising good judgment. Good judgment can only be gained by experiencing life's problems.

"Life is full of many contradictions. In fact, the longer you live, the more the reality of life will seem like one great paradox."

"When we can learn from our own problems, we begin to deal with life. When we can learn from other people's problems, we begin to master life."

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THE GIFT OF FAMILY

Some people are born into wonderful families.Others have to find or create them.Being a member of a family is a priceless privilege which costs nothing but love.

"Families give us our roots, our heritage, and our past. They also give us the springboard to our future."

"I think family is not as much about being related by blood as it is about relating through love."

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THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER

Laughter is good medicine for the soul.Our world is desperately in need of more such medicine.

"Many people live unhappy lives because they take things too seriously."

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THE GIFT OF DREAMS

Faith is all that dreamers need to see into the future.

There are days when you can just feel in your bones that something extraordinary is going to happen.

"Dreams are the essence of life - not as it is, but as it can be."

"That dream became such a part of me that when I achieved my goals, it was like going home to place I had never been before."

"Your dream should be a custom-fit for your personality, one that grows and develops as you do."

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THE GIFT OF GIVING

The only way you can truly get more out of life for yourself is to give part of yourself away.

"Conventional wisdom would say that the less you give, the more you have. The converse is true. The more you give, the more you have. Abundance creates the ability to give; giving creates more abundance."

"No lesson worth learning is ever easy."

"A small gift when it is given can be a magnificent gift as it is received."

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♥ CHAPTER 12 ♥

THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE

In those times when we yearn to have more in our lives,we should dwell on the things we already have.In doing so,we will often find that our lives are already full to overflowing.

"During what, at the time, I considered to be some of my worst experiences, I gained my fondest memories."

"I have always found it ironic that the people in this world who have the most to be thankful for are often the least thankful, and somehow the people who have virtually nothing, many times live lives full of gratitude."

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THE GIFT OF A DAY

Life at its essence boils down to one day at a time.Today is the day!

No one is ever alone if he or she has just one friend.

"When you face your mortality, you contemplate how much of life you have lived versus how much you have left."

"If we can live one day to its fullest, our lives will be rich and meaningful."

"Why should we wait until the last day of our lives to begin living the maximum day?"

"But after much thought, I have come to realize that my perfect day would be filled with the best of simple things."

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THE GIFT OF LOVE

Love is a treasure for which we can never pay.The only way we keep it is to give it away.

"If we are living our lives the way we should, everything should be in such an order that we wouldn't change the last day of our life from any other day."

"Love is a misused and overused term in our society."

". . .the love I'm talking about in the gift of love is the goodness that comes only from God."

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THE ULTIMATE GIFT

In the end, life lived to its fullest is its own ultimate gift.

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Title: The Ultimate Gift
Author: Jim Stovall
CLC Publications

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Main Characters:

♥ Jason Stevens
♥ Howard "Red" Stevens
♥ Theodore "Ted" J. Hamilton
♥ Mrs. Margaret Hastings

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