Le Rouge & Le Noir - favorite quoatations thus far...
(Continuing Dale's tradition...)
"the sole genius of the man lies in exacting prompt payment from his debtors, and in demurring payment to the very last to his creditors" (of course speaking of M. de Renal)
"he was seized with unconquerable timidity..." (I hate when that happens)
"..stolen glances, sweeter for the theft" (this is actually the author quoting Don Juan)
"Julien was tightly pressing the hand that was now abandoned in his."
"her heart had wandered to unknown lands"
"He was in that wandering, perplexed state of mind which follows upon obtaining a long-felt desire. The mind accustomed to desiring finds itself without an object."
(my favorite) "As for Julien, he had never found himself before so near the terrible instruments of feminine artillery."
"M. Valenod had to intrench himself behind a barricade of insolence to meet the attack of truth people would make."
OK, I'd better stop here, but one final quotation: "Your friend, a noble, generous spirit, living a hundred leagues away, judges you by the public opinion of your town, formed by the fools or knaves whom chance has given the means of floating on the surface. Woe to him that is in any way distinguished." (wow..this guy's good)
see you all next week!
(bonus) SIMILE CORNER:
"hanging his head like a dog that is compelled to obey for fear of the stick."
"the sole genius of the man lies in exacting prompt payment from his debtors, and in demurring payment to the very last to his creditors" (of course speaking of M. de Renal)
"he was seized with unconquerable timidity..." (I hate when that happens)
"..stolen glances, sweeter for the theft" (this is actually the author quoting Don Juan)
"Julien was tightly pressing the hand that was now abandoned in his."
"her heart had wandered to unknown lands"
"He was in that wandering, perplexed state of mind which follows upon obtaining a long-felt desire. The mind accustomed to desiring finds itself without an object."
(my favorite) "As for Julien, he had never found himself before so near the terrible instruments of feminine artillery."
"M. Valenod had to intrench himself behind a barricade of insolence to meet the attack of truth people would make."
OK, I'd better stop here, but one final quotation: "Your friend, a noble, generous spirit, living a hundred leagues away, judges you by the public opinion of your town, formed by the fools or knaves whom chance has given the means of floating on the surface. Woe to him that is in any way distinguished." (wow..this guy's good)
see you all next week!
(bonus) SIMILE CORNER:
"hanging his head like a dog that is compelled to obey for fear of the stick."
posted by JayC @ 10:07 AM
2 Comments:
These are great quotes, Jay! I really want to finish this book, but I'm not sure I'm going to be able to (or rather I will finish it but not by Thursday). I will still call in this Thursday, though.
Being seized by unconquerable timidity is the absolute worst!
Ok, I think that all of us that are "being seized by unconquerable timidity..." regarding finishing this book (I'm included in this group) need to read with less timidity and try to get it done.:-)
Here are some quotes I liked:
"Only an idiiot...gets in a rage over other people, a stone falls because it is heavy."
"A few hours later, when Julien left Mme de Renal's room, one could say, in the language of novels, that he had nothing left to desire." (How delicately put.)
"As for her, she was unable to look at him without blushing up to her eyeballs, yet unable to exist for a moment without looking at him;she was aware of her confusion, and redoubled her efforts to conceal it."
Said of Julien after he fell from the horse and was very candid in his description of the event... "a provincial being straightforward in such a situation. I've never seen that and won't see it again; (and here's the best part) and, even more, he's talking about his misfortune in front of women!"
I don't understand what this quote means yet, but I find it intriguing... "I very much want, replied the Marquis, to pursue this experiment to the end."
I also liked all of the genteel phrasing of the love between Julien and Mme de Renal...I can't possibly repeat them here, but they are sensuous while being so pure.
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