Note: does not have to be famous, just good, melodramatic and over the top.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Typo Boy - Oct 07, 2013 2:40:53 pm PDT #21502 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Toddson - Oct 08, 2013 5:05:35 am PDT #21503 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
How about "Lepanto" ... can't remember the author. Great rhythm to the words and good rhymes.
Edit: hah! should have known it was G.K. Chesterton! Text is here.
Ginger - Oct 08, 2013 8:02:06 am PDT #21504 of 28370
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The first things that come to mind from "melodramatic and over the top" are "The Highwayman" and "Casey at the Bat."
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2013 8:04:03 am PDT #21505 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Typo, the missing"a"in your second sentence gave me severe pause.
Polter-Cow - Oct 08, 2013 8:17:32 am PDT #21506 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, that makes that sentence make so much more sense.
Typo Boy - Oct 08, 2013 2:16:52 pm PDT #21507 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I intended to say, but omitted that it is for Halloween. So Lepanto does not quite work. Ad Casey at the Bat does not quite fit at all. But the Highwayman works. I really intended to mention Halloween.
Polter-Cow - Oct 08, 2013 2:34:11 pm PDT #21508 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You left a lot of important words out, is what you're saying.
Typo Boy - Oct 08, 2013 2:38:39 pm PDT #21509 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah. Two, but two very important words. It is why my productivity is not as high as I like when I write. In addtion to regular editing, I have to edits just to catch this sort of thing. And they cannot be immediately after writing. There must be a few hours between finishing and editing before I can catch them.
Calli - Oct 16, 2013 5:51:49 am PDT #21510 of 28370
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
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Shir - Oct 16, 2013 8:29:06 am PDT #21511 of 28370
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Not as mind blowing as women/dinosaur, but I just ran into this very short story (from a collection of very, very short stories), and I loved it just enough to translate and share it here:
Final Note about Love (Alex Epstein)
An old saying goes: there's my truth, there's your truth, and the truth. But all I wanted to say about love is that there's my lie; there's your lie; and there's no lie.