potent quotables

so i figure, since kris and amanda are sometimes quoting books on their blog now, that it might be fun for me to do as well. i hope this is as cool as the ones they used.

"it was more as if i'd already chosen what i was going to watch on TV, and i was beginning to look forward to it, and then noticed that there was something else on that might be more interesting. i don't know about you, but choice isn't always what i want. you can end up flicking between one channel and another, and not watching either program properly. i don't know how people with the cable television cope."

-maureen, from a long way down by nick hornby

this is the best book i've read lately, and believe me, that's saying a lot because i am a huge book nerd and i read constantly. and, even huge book nerds don't read 200 pages of a book in a single sitting (which is what i did) unless it is outstanding (and they have nothing else to do at the time). everyone should read it. i love it because nick hornby lives in london, and i love reading books by english people because the characters say things like "he can do maths," and "the cable television," and "too right you are." and since i often wish that i was british so that i could speak like that, i truly get jollies from these books. a long way down is about four people who come together on new year's eve with the intention of committing suicide by jumping off of a roof. but they don't jump see, because they meet each other up there and start making fun of each other's suicidal motives, like "my life is more screwed up than yours," and then they become like this club and it's funny and interesting because they are very different sorts of people.

so now the question is, when i am going to post a quote, as i have done, is it better just to let the quote stand alone and leave the above commentary off? i couldn't help myself, but if this violates some kind of quote-posting rule, i solemnly swear not to do it next time. this book is so good, i'll probably post a million quotes from it. hah! i'll start ear-marking pages. i do love that "i can BLOG about this" sensation. like rob, i feel the blogging desire once again. i'd lost that blogging feeling. it was gone, gone, gone, oh oh oh.

but now, for some reason or another, i think it's back. aren't we all happy?