[Ads-l] Quotes from Famous Short Stories

[Jeff Prucher]

 H.P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"Weird Tales, Feb. 1928(not verified in print); it's really only the parts in quotes that are notable.
“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.”     Legrasse had one point in advance of Professor Webb, for several among his mongrel prisoners had repeated to him what older celebrants had told them the words meant. This text, as given, ran something like this:     “In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.”

    On Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 10:27:14 AM PST, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:  
 
 Quotation dictionaries don't usually include many quotations from short stories, but I'm trying to do so in my upcoming revised edition.  Can anyone point me to crucial or particularly memorable quotes from any of these famous short stories:


Anton Chekhov, "The Bet"

Joyce Carol Oates, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

Raymond Carver, "Cathedral"


Or, for that matter, I would welcome any suggestions of crucial or particularly memorable quotes from other short stories as well.

Fred Shapiro



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