Involuntary Quotes
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”
Iris Murdoch (1999). “A Severed Head, The Black Prince, The Sea, The Sea”
Jim Butcher (2002). “Summer Knight: Book four of The Dresden Files”, p.107, Penguin
Mark Twain (1992). “Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays: 1891-1910”
Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low.
Charles Dickens (2016). “A Tale of Two Cities”, p.114, Xist Publishing
Liking an author may be as involuntary and improbable as falling in love.
C. S. Lewis (1966). “Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life”, p.200, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1994). “The Selected Poetry and Prose of Shelley”, p.559, Wordsworth Editions
Robert Aris Willmott (1907). “Pleasures of Literature”
I like to think of it less as embezzling and more as an involuntary goodwill contribution.
Jim Butcher (2012). “Cold Days: The Dresden Files, Book Fourteen”, p.278, Hachette UK
"Message". Book by Fernando Pessoa. Poem "O Conde D. Henrique", verse 1, 1934.
Edward Young, Dr. Doran (John) (1854). “Imperium Pelagi, a naval lyric. Epistles to Mr. Pope, concerning the authors of the age. Sea-piece. The foreign address; or the best argument for peace. Epitaph on Lord Aubrey Beauclerk. Reflections on the public situation of the kingdom. An epistle to the right hon. Sir Robert Walpole. The old man's relapse. Resignation. Tragedies. Prose works”, p.221
