WIST Quotations

Shakespeare, William -- Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, sc. 6, l. 9ff (2.6.9-11) (1595)

Dave — Mon, 04 May 2026 16:02:30 +0000

FRIAR LAWRENCE: These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, sc. 6, l. 9ff (2.6.9-11) (1595)
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Urging Romeo to moderate his reckless passion for Juliet.

Taylor, Barbara Brown -- Interview (2006-06-08) by Bob Abernathy, PBS

Dave — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:20:17 +0000

I live by the simplest, perhaps facile command that Jesus ever gave, which is to love God with the whole self and the neighbor as the self, and I find that’s entirely consuming. To do those two things leaves me very little time to do much else.

Barbara Brown Taylor (b. 1951) American minister, academic, author
Interview (2006-06-08) by Bob Abernathy, PBS
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Shakespeare, William -- Coriolanus, Act 2, sc. 4, l. 68ff (2.4.68-69) (c. 1608)

Dave — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 17:36:50 +0000

VOLUMNIA: Anger’s my meat; I sup upon myself,
And so shall starve with feeding.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Coriolanus, Act 2, sc. 4, l. 68ff (2.4.68-69) (c. 1608)
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Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 30, The Wee Free Men (2003)

Dave — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:39:20 +0000

“I can see we’re going to get along like a house on fire,” said Miss Tick. “There may be no survivors.”

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 30, The Wee Free Men (2003)