O.K. so we're going to continue with what we've begun. Please . . . really Step it Up! Include a quote that you have come across in your readings, what made you choose it? What does it mean to you? From here on out, submit a turn of a phrase that you've found through something that you've read. It does not have to be nearly as long as the quote I've pulled. But I want you to think about what you're reading. How is it phrased? What words are thrown together that make something completely new and unique? Don't forget to cite the author and where you found it. Have fun paying attention to what you read!!!
I've included my own turn of a phrase taken from Ernest Hemingway when he introduced his novel The Sun Also Rises with this biblical quote from Ecclesiastes. This quote has always intrigued me . . . you know, the whole insignificance, the smallness of our lives in comparison to the vastness of the universe. But yet, our lives and the daily minutia of it is what I find so profoundly beautiful. I found this quote when I was about 18 years old and have carried it around ever since. For some reason it has always comforted me. Do you find inspiration and comfort in this passage or does it evoke a different feeling? (It's a rhetorical question -- I'm curious, but you don't have to answer!!)
"One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth forever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down,and hasteth to the place where he arose. The wind goeth toward thesouth, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually,and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again." -Ecclesiastes
