Any books You know of that have good quotes in them. And poems of sadness or love?
August 19th, 2009 by admin | Filed in Getting Back Together
Im looking for a book that has wise sayings in it. A good book with short quotes in it. Like little sayings in them.
Serious one. And also books of sad poems or the loss of loved ones. So a really good general book that has these in them. And The other with wise things. I hope you understand what Im trying to ask for
Tags: quotes, sad poems, wise sayings
why not try these books…i think you know them already…
–smila’s sense of snow
–tuesdays with morrie
–the little prince
–the alchemist
–sophie’s world
–the solitaire mystery
–white fang
–conversations with god
as for sad love poems, i’d say you check on Pablo Neruda…he’s the best on that stuff..=)
I would suggest The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations (or something similar; sure that Webster has it as well) – it has meaningful, or wise quotations nicely subdivided according to topic or theme or you can look it up by a key word. When I was teenager, I thought Omar Khaijan was the absolute supreme, or Herman Hesse. Full of "wisdom", though a bit broody/cheesy/teenage angst stuff by today’s standards
Barlett’s Familiar quotations is a good one. They also have seperate books for Shakespeare, the Bible, and anecdotes. Your library or local bookstore probably has tons you can leaf through. If that’s not an option go to Amazon.com and put "quotations" in the search buffer. Amazon always has great descriptions and reviews.