Thursday, June 28, 2007

Women in Love


say my love to me, say it, say it. / she put her arms round his neck. he enfolded her, and kissed her subtly, murmuring in a subtle voice of love, and irony, and submission: 'yes, my love, yes - my love. let love be enough then. i love you then - i love you. i'm bored by the rest.'
Women in love - D.H. Lawrence

Thursday, June 21, 2007

The snow queen

his freedom was written on the floor in shiny pieces ...
The snow queen - H.C. Andersen

Faust

in gold of dawn the quickened world lies gleaming / the forest is alive with myriad voices / through dell and vale the misty shapes are teeming / but nature's deepest heart in light rejoices
Faust - J.W. von Goethe

Sunday, June 17, 2007

The two towers


'Tell me, can you see anything away yonder towards Isengard?' ‘Many miles lie between, ... '
The two towers - J.R.R. Tolkien

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

The Odyssey

Are you some god or mortal? If one of the gods who hold the open sky, to Artemis, daughter of Zeus, in beauty, height and bearing I find you likest.
The Odyssey - Homer

A burnt-out case

... no one had ever walked under these trees lamenting lost love, ...
A burnt-out case - G. Greene

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Paradise lost

That place is Earth, the seat of Man ; that light / His day, which else, as th' other hemisphere, / Night would invade
Paradise Lost - J. Milton

Alice's adventures in Wonderland

It is a game played on the other side of the mirror ...
Alice's adventures in Wonderland - L. Carroll