And it's just like an ocean under the moon

[klena]

Still not quite finished English essay. I lose at life. D:

But I have a question! Which volume of Sandman is this quote from:

But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize. Their heart's desire, their dream...But the price of getting what you want is getting what you once wanted.

Also, any quotes about being stuck or unable to move on (esp. references to "Great Expectations") would be amazingly loved upon. ♥

POETRY.


I would like to give you the silver
branch, the small white flower, the one
word that will protect you
from the grief at the center
of your dream, from the grief
at the center. I would like to follow
you up the long stairway
again & become
the boat that would row you back
carefully, a flame
in two cupped hands
to where your body lies
beside me, and you enter
it as easily as breathing in

I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like to be that unnoticed
& that necessary.

~ Margaret Atwood, Variations on the Word Sleep

Wow.

Comments

[trowicia.livejournal.com]

Also, any quotes about being stuck or unable to move on (esp. references to "Great Expectations") would be amazingly loved upon.

I don't have anything specific, however, I've got a few links for you. Hope you find something useful:

http://www.quotationspage.com/
http://www.quoteland.com/
http://www.coolquotes.com/
http://www.worldofquotes.com/
http://en.thinkexist.com/

[darthzal.livejournal.com]

Fables & Reflections!
(I remember that from writing my twenty-pages-long essay with quotes from the Sandman. I actually included JUST that quote. =^^=)

Ooh, and Margaret Atwood is a brilliant author. I love her "Bluebeard's Egg".