Literary Quote of the Day: “The Year was 2081…”

May 31, 2022 By

Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author. And today’s quote comes from his most famous short stories: “Harrison Bergeron.” Intro Music I don’t need to set the scene for this one. Vonnegut does it himself in the story’s opening:  “THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the […]

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Literary Quote of the Day: “The Joy that Kills”

May 30, 2022 By

Today’s literary quote of the day involves an ironic short story from a great writer of ironic short stories. It’s from Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour.” Set the scene: Louise Mallard loves her husband and his tragic, sudden death shocks Mrs. Mallard into a state of…….joy. What the heck?!?! We’ll let her explain: […]

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Literary Quote of the Day: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted in the MDG

May 29, 2022 By

One of the worst movies ever created is based on one of my favorite short stories, “The Most Dangerous Game.” And when I say one of the worst movies, I mean one of the best movies. It’s so bad it’s good. Today’s literary quote comes from this story. Sanger Rainsford thinks he’s pretty cool as […]

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