WIST Quotations

Pratchett, Terry -- Lords and Ladies [Granny Weatherwax] (1992)

Dave — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:06:04 +0000

Glamour. Elves are beautiful. They’ve got style. Beauty. Grace. That’s what matters. If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That’s what people remember.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Lords and Ladies [Granny Weatherwax] (1992)
(Source)

Lowell, Amy -- “Sword Blades and Poppy Seed,” l. 291 (1914)

Dave — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 17:38:40 +0000

All books are either dreams or swords,
You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

Amy Lowell (1874–1925) American poet
“Sword Blades and Poppy Seed,” l. 291 (1914)
(Source)

See Howell (1659).

Lamarr, Hedy -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 03:40:48 +0000

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000) Austrian-American film actress and inventor [b, Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler]
(Attributed)

Quoted in Richard Schickel, The Stars (1962).

King, Stephen -- Needful Things (1991)

Dave — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 23:57:08 +0000

The devil’s voice is sweet to hear

Stephen King (b. 1947) American author
Needful Things (1991)

Marlowe, Christopher -- The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Act 5, sc. 1 (sc. 13), l. 1358ff (1594; 1604 “A” text)

Dave — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:33:51 +0000

FAUSTUS: Was this the face that launch’d a thousand ships,
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium —
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. —
[They kiss]
Her lips suck forth my soul: see, where it flies! —
Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again.
[They kiss again]
Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips,
And all is dross that is not Helena.

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564–1593) English dramatist and poet
The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Act 5, sc. 1 (sc. 13), l. 1358ff (1594; 1604 “A” text)
(Source)

The "B" text (1594; 1616) has the same wording (l. 1874ff).