Quotes from A Separate Peace "I think we reminded them of what peace was like‚ we boys of sixteen....We were careless and wild‚ and I suppose we could be thought of as a sign of the life the war was being fought to preserve....We reminded them of what peace was like‚ of lives which were not bound up with destruction. Phineas was the essence of this careless peace." Chapter 2‚ pp. 16-17 Context: Gene says this after he and Finny were in Mr. Prud’homme’s office explaining why they were late to dinner
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A strong quote from John 11:1-44 is‚ “And when he had said this‚ he cried out in a loud voice‚ Lazarus‚ come out! (John 11:44)”. This quote connects back the Doctrine of Incarnation‚ which is‚ “The Catholic/Christian belief that Jesus: Became flesh and assumed human nature‚ Is the son of God: the second person of the Trinity‚ and lastly is full human and fully God” (Miller). In addition‚ the definition for Incarnational Ministry is‚ “Christians are called to “become ‘Christs” and “incarnat[e] Christ’s
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Quote #1 Speaker & Page: Blanche (Scene 1‚ bottom of 21) Quotation: “I‚ I‚ I took the blows in my face and my body! All of those deaths! The parade to graveyard! Father‚ mother! Margaret‚ that dreadful way!” Significance: Blanch was blaming Stella for abandoning her back at the plantation home. While Stella thinks that Blanche is overreacting‚ Blanche is trying to express her true feelings of agony to Stella and how these events have affected her life for the worse. Quote #2 Speaker & Page: Blanche
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grief-ridden. They can no longer be relied upon‚ or their hearts turn to stone and they lose the ability to distinguish right from wrong” (193). This quote was made by the elf Arya while she was consoling Eragon on feeling guilty about all the enemies he had killed. This quote was said when Eragon and Arya were traveling back to the Varden and just after the pair had escaped from a group of Galbatorix’s soldiers‚ but unfortunately they had to kill all of the soldiers so their whereabouts would not be
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In Dr. Parker’s Quote‚ “ God’s Love‚” to show their love and kinship the Lord’s worshipers must look into what has been done for them and they must also look to the Lord Himself for that is where love itself is found‚ that is where love originates. I know personally that when I praise the Lord for what he has done for me that I experience a feeling of love and kinship.The love that God gives never falters and neither should that of His worshipers. Personally I know I have faltered and that I am not
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PROLOGUE OEDIPUS My children‚ scions of the ancient Cadmean line‚ what is the meaning of this thronging round my feet‚ this holding out of olive boughs all wreathed in woe? The city droops with elegaic sound and hymns with pails of incense hang. I come to see it with my eyes‚ no messenger’s. Yes‚ I whom men call Oedipus the Great. [He turns to the PRIEST] Speak‚ Elder‚ you are senior here. Say what this pleading means‚ what frightens you‚ what you beseech. Coldblooded would I be‚ to be unmoved
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------------------------------------------------- Significant Quotes Act IV Shakespearean English | Modern English | Double‚ double‚ toil and trouble; Fire burn‚ and cauldron bubble. Act IV‚ Scene i‚ Line 10 | “Double all the troubles and hardships of men. Let the misery of Scotland increase as the fire burns and the cauldron bubbles.” | Significance: The purpose of this well known quote is to communicate to the audience the witches’ intentions. The witches chant this line all together
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undergo. Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space. Which is to say‚ anything you can touch or hold. Common usage might have us believe that ‘chemicals’ are just those substances in laboratories or something that is not a natural substance. Far from it‚ chemists believe that everything is made of chemicals. Although there are countless types of matter all around us‚ this complexity is composed of various combinations of some 100 chemical elements. All matter is composed of various combinations
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In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ the Greek audience experiences Oedipus’ heartbreaking journey to find out who he really is and how his hubris and many other fatal flaws contribute to his downfall. The Greeks loved a good tragedy and Oedipus Rex did not disappoint. In this play Oedipus was put on a mountaintop as a baby because his birth parents‚ King Laïos and Queen Iocastê‚ were told that one day Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. To prevent this from happening King Laïos
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Oedipus Rex The tragic play “Oedipus Rex” describes the life of Oedipus and the events that led to his ultimate downfall. Through specific dialogue and narrative progression “Oedipus Rex” is able to convey Oedipus as a victim of fate‚ and although the play was written many years ago‚ Oedipus’ experience can still be interpreted by modern society to debate whether or not man is in control of his/her own destiny. The over arching theme of fate‚ or a predetermined destiny‚ is developed throughout
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