Fiction Quotes!

"Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies
I had to read this book for outside reading in my American Literature class and this quote really stood out to me. The boys in this book had been trapped on and Island for so long and their normal ways of living had been completely abandoned. It was every boy for themselves and soon became a struggle for power. This quote is describing something some boys did that shows how human instinct and care for each other cannot be completely gone. "The old life" represents the civilized life the boys used to live.
“He has changed himself into something awful, only by hiding his face”
-Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minister's Black Veil
This quote come from the short story, "The Minister's Black Veil", a story about sin, resentment, and a man named Mr. Hooper who tries to hide from the rest of the world by covering his face with a black veil. His black veil soon becomes a dark symbol in the story and this quote shows how Mr. Hooper has changed himself simply by covering his face.
“Poor Rip was at last reduced almost to despair; and his only alternative to escape from the labour of the farm and the clamour of his wife, was to take gun in hand and stroll away into the woods.”
-Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle
I think this quote has a lot of meaning. It shows that Rip is stressed out by his home life and nagging wife and uses the woods and hunting as an escape from the real world. This is a good alternative to dealing with stress. Many people now a days turn to drugs and alcohol, which only makes things worse. The simpler solution, just take a stroll through nature, which has been proven to reduce stress.
"Once at rest, it seemed the old man would be stone, would never move again."
-John Steinbeck, The Leader of the People
This is a quote from John Steinbeck's, "The Leader of the People", a short story about family relationships and the changes in each generation. This quote is a very good description of the grandfather from the little boys point of view, showing that he is very frail/delicate.
She was going to live so as to go to the good place.
-Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This quote is said my Huck talking about Mrs. Watson who was lecturing Huck on Heaven and Hell. Mrs. Watson wanted to live her life as a good life to go to "the good place", or in other words, heaven. Huck disagreed with this and believed he should live his life how he wanted.