Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Amazing quotation

Ok... I think I'm finished with the Lear/ Rivals paper.... although, I will probably re-read what I've written tomorrow and hate every word.

Well, I'm officially done with dwelling on this paper... because if I think about it anymore I will drive myself insane. Not too long ago, I read a quote by Proust and I absolutely adored it.... so I have to post it:

"Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind."-- Remembrance of Things Past. The Past Recaptured.

2 comments:

jj said...

Essays are naturally like that. You obsess, re-work, fix, obsess, re-work. Suddenly, you get to a point and say: enough. It isn't going to change without MASSIVE revisions so I have to accept it and move on. I'm looking forward to reading it.

Did you use the Proust quote as an epigraph?

Red-head with an attitude said...

Well, I did massive revisions tonight because my paper was awful.

Just so you know, I had to look up 'epigraph'. No, the quote isn't a theme in my paper.... I would be amazed if I could somehow pull that off.

Last year for Christmas, my 'sister' gave me "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" (I know that was supposed to be underlined, but I can't figure out how to underline things in comments.) and I occasionally peruse it (I know, I'm a geek). Anyhoo, I came across that quote and I had to post it.