collection of memorable lines/paragraphs in english literature?

November 18, 2008 5:39 AM

collection of memorable lines/paragraphs in english literature?

I'm trying to find blogs/websites/books highlighting the most recognizable/memorable/famous passages from contemporary as well as historical fiction. google is throwing a heap of gunk at me but few quality results. any suggestions?

posted by krautland to media & arts (5 comments total)

I always like ThinkExist for quotes. Though its for all quotes and not just literature.
posted by wavering at 6:02 AM on November 18, 2008

100 best first lines from novels.
posted by mandal at 6:17 AM on November 18, 2008 [2 favorites]

Bartleby.com has a section for quotations. They're books converted into a web-friendly format, and they're edited better and have higher standards than anything else on the web that I know about.
posted by cgc373 at 6:41 AM on November 18, 2008

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations is the one that springs to mind - it's probably quite British-oriented but fairly comprehensive.
posted by altolinguistic at 7:20 AM on November 18, 2008

mandal had a really interesting site for me. any more like that?
posted by krautland at 2:32 PM on November 18, 2008