Subscriber Favorites from QuoteSnack’s first Year
These are the top ten posts of all time, according to QuoteSnack’s FeedBurner statistics. The time span is from November 29, 2008 to January 6, 2010. For the most part, a fresh “snack” from a confirmed source has been posted on QuoteSnack every day since January 29, 2009.
- 10. I don’t believe in the no-win scenario
by William Shatner as Kirk
written to Randy Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008)
from The Last Lecture - 9. If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels
by Tennessee Williams (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983)
from Conversations with Tennessee Williams - 8. Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle
by Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968)
from The Story of My Life - 7. They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night
by Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)
from the story Eleonora - 6. It’s raining jugs and tractors are falling, sucked into the swamp appearing next door
by Elizabeth Able (that’s me!)
I’m tickled pink that you were intrigued by this. - 5. There might be such a thing as a man’s soul being loose from his body, and going out and in, like a bird out of its nest and back
by George Eliot (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880)
from Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, 1861 - 4. Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
by Randy Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008)
from The Last Lecture - 3. I’ve always believed that our inventions mirror our secret wishes
by Lawrence Durrell (27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990)
from Mountolive
third book in the Alexandria Quartet - 2. True life begins where the tiny bit begins – where what seem to us minute and infinitely small alterations take place
by Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910)
from Why Do Men Stupefy Themselves? - 1. Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course
by Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931)
from The Prophet
An Honorable Mention for a Writing Prompt
The writing prompt of October 11th, 2009 came in at 8th place. I left it out, because I wanted a list of lines from literature. I don’t know why this prompt got more clicks. Perhaps it helps a prompt to come right after Elmore Leonard’s “Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.” 
