Ok. This is probably going to be an easy one, especially for an ex-teacher like you, Sturgis.
"There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the colossol vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart."
I know that one but I dislike the book it comes from and, besides, my brain is too fried these days to think of another novel.
You are correct, bunny! Now it's your turn!
I would suggest that all posters (in this case Dlowan) give out at least one hint when they start a new game (i.e post a passage). That helps to get people started. Even if they don't have the correct answer, they have something to start with.
Okay, now dlowan, your turn wabbit.
Good luck, folks!
Is there a time limit as far as how long we have to wait for the last winner to post a new passage -- before it reverts back to the last "passage" poster (who would be me in this case)?
Lol! I am on a different continent, and have different time.
Also, I was waiting to see if I was correct.
By all means do not wait for me to post a new passage if I have something correct.....get on with the game.....
Meanwhile:
"MY TRUE NAME is so well known in the records or registers at Newgate, and in the Old Bailey, and there are some things of such consequence still depending there, relating to my particular conduct, that it is not be expected I should set my name or the account of my family to this work; perhaps, after my death, it may be better known; at present it would not be proper, no not though a general pardon should be issued, even without exceptions and reserve of persons or crimes......"
Oh, you want a hint......hmmmm...thinking....
The author also wrote a book about a very lonely man....
Moll Flanders by Danile DeFoe
Did that lonely man say TGIF?
Quote:Giannotto, who had expected his friend to say exactly the opposite, was the happiest man there ever was when he heard the Jew speak as he did; so he accompanied him to Notre Dame, and asked the priests there to baptize Abraham. At this request, they did so immediately, and Giannoto raised him from the baptismal font and renamed him Giovanni, and immediately afterward he had him thoroughly instructed in our faith by the most distinguished teachers. He learned quickly and became a good and worthy man who lived a holy life
I suppose it is a easy piece for you.
oops I have forgot about the hint....
The writer is a significant figure during the Italian Renaissance.
I have a creepy feeling that people are scared off as if I am an intruding leper....hey, what's up here? Can't we resume the game? Is my my paragraph too difficult? or too silly?
JB, the very anxious
J-B wrote:I have a creepy feeling that people are scared off as if I am an intruding leper....hey, what's up here? Can't we resume the game? Is my my paragraph too difficult? or too silly?
JB, the very anxious
Don't be anxious dear.
I just don't know the novel.
Raggedyaggie wrote:Moll Flanders by Danile DeFoe
Did that lonely man say TGIF?
Just curious about what happened to Moll?
Quote:A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy baloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears themselves, stuck out on either side like turn signals indicating two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs. In the shadow under the green visor of the cap Ignatius J. Reilly's supercilious blue and yellow eyes looked down upon the other people waiting under the clock at the D.H. Holmes department store, studying the crowd of people for signs of bad taste in dress. Several of the outfits, Ignatius noticed, were new enough and expensive enough to be properly considered offenses against taste and decency. Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person's lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one's soul.
Hint: It's a Pulitzer winning novel, awarded posthumously
Debacle, are you really so sure? J-B hasn't yet confirmed. If anyone else can confirm it, that should be fine too. A confirmation is essential.
I was just reading this thread back page by page. I noticed some malfunction!
Raggedy had given an answer. Before her answer could be confirmed, J-B blew in with a passage of his own. That's not how it is supposed to be.
Let me enunciate on the rules here:
1. Though it is best if the person who originally posted the passage confirms whether a guess is right or wrong, confirmations by other members would do too if the original poster doesn't do that within 6 hours of the posting of a supposedly correct answer.
2. You can't break in with a passage just like that. Of course, if the person in the box seat is not willing to take the turn, others can post.
That should clear up all the ambiguity. Now someone confirm Debacle's answer. From now on, let's play this properly.
Ah yes, right you are, Charlotte. Overlooked the prerequisite.
Sorry to have gone galumphing on.
Debacle, no problem, friend. If you can lead us to a link that can help us confirm it, that would do too.
