Saturday, January 31, 2015

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Molly Mahoney: Are you dying? 
Mr. Magorium: Light bulbs die, my sweet. I will depart. 

~Natalie Portman & Dustin Hoffman

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

The Count of Monte Cristo

Then he raised his eyes towards the ceiling, but withdrew them immediately, as if he feared the roof would open and reveal to his distressed view that second tribunal called heaven, and that other judge named God. 

~Alexandre Dumas

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

The Count of Monte Cristo

It is impossible to form any idea of it, without having seen it. Suppose all the stars had descended from the sky and mingled in a wild dance on the face of the earth; the whole accompanied by cries that were never heard in any other part of the world. 

~Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

The moccoletti is like life: man has found but one means of transmitting it, and that one comes from God. But he has discovered a thousand means of taking it away, although the devil has somewhat aided him. 

~Alexandre Dumas

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

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"I would rather die standing than live on my knees."

~Stéphane Charbonnier

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The Count of Monte Cristo

"To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the other."

~Alexandre Dumas (said by character Abbé Faria)