I think that's Cuckoo's Nest again. I won't post a quote until I get a thumbs up/down.

Yep, that's it.

Yay. I love winning. OK, this one's not too hard.
"The next morning I woke up at oh eight oh oh hours, my brothers, and as I still felt shagged and fagged and fashed and bashed and my glazzies were stuck together real horrorshow with sleepglue, I thought I would not go to school."
This is from one of my all time favorites!

A Clockwork Orange. It is a very good book.

"Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot."

You got me. Great quote, but I don't know where it's from. Where'd everybody else go?

I'll leave it up for a few more days and then post another.

OK, that one is from The Picture of Dorian Gray.

New one:

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much

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The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much

In retrospect, that quote did have the whiff of Wilde.
As for your new quote, you have an uncanny ability to pick some of my all time favorite works, less. That's Conrad's Heart of Darkness!
Ok, here's mine:
"Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse."

Hmmm, don't know that one. So, where'd everyone go again?

I'll do like you, and leave it up a coupla days. If no one comes forth, I'll put up another.

I thought this one wasn't that hard. It's from Don Quixote, and it's one of the most famous aphorisms from it.
Ok, let's see if you like this one:
"Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. "

Really, is it just the two of us? Doesn't this sort of lessen the fun a bit? Maybe we can advertise on another thread.

methinks yr quote kendocubano is from the belly of the White Whale. I wanna play too.

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I thought this one wasn't that hard. It's from Don Quixote, and it's one of the most famous aphorisms from it.

I've actually never read Don Quixote, although I plan to someday after I read the other ten or so books on my list.

G'bless ye Ishmael. I thought I might reel ye into our cabal with that one! Ok, your turn to lay a quote on us.

Let's try.....

" His is the House of Pain"
" His is the Hand that makes"
" His is the Hand that wounds"
" His is the Hand that heals"

I cheated and google'd it, so I won't give it away. It's a great quote, but I've never read the book. Come to think of it, I've never read any of this author's books. Hmmm. Think I should?

I would without reservation or hesitation recommend all of his great speculative works of the 1890's.
What a run he had:
The Time Machine
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Invisible Man
War of the Worlds.
Artists from all disciplines have been inspired by these books. Inexhaustible and beautifully written.
"Not to go on all-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not men?"
Over to the next beast to make his/her mark.....

Sadly, my only exposure to Wells' works have been through the movies, and, on the whole, I don't guess they've done him justice. OK. Give us the next quote.

Herbert George Wells was an amazing writer. Ignore the filmic disasters. They never convey the sheer atmosphere or invention of Well's written word.
Anyhoo, a quote 'ey?......

"This is the saddest story I have ever heard"

No clue. How about you, less_success? Where did you go, btw?