Quote Essay

Inspirational quotes are powerful as well as motivational. For one single quote there could be hundreds of different interpretations of it, each interpretation having a profound meaning to someone, helping people get through tough times or even through good times. One quote I find to be true and inspiring is "Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it." by Charles R. Swindoll. My interpretation of this quote is if someone chooses to always have a negative reaction towards something

altogether” (Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland). This quote from her novel really stuck out to me. As the novel is revolved around three men and how they view women. This quote is, I believe is stating, that when we are younger, men believe that we need them. Then as we grow older, we as women, learn that we do not need men to love in our lives or to “control” us. I got many interpretations from this quote, but this is the example that I believe the quote is talking about. While reading this novel, I also

-The copperhead, to me, is a symbol for a snake with is symbolizes evil which is why I like this quote. It showed me about the evil that Sula represents when she gets sexually involved with Jude, Nel’s husband. -From what I understand, this passage gave me a better understanding of Sula as to why she is so distanced and detached from everyone around her, especially in her community, which is why she left to make her own life but returns to find herself hated by other women who felt inadequate compared

Ponyboy risked his life and ran into the burning church to save the school children because he thought it was his fault that they burnt it. One quote that the book gives that shows that he thought it was his fault was, “I bet we started it, we must have dropped a lighted cigarette or something.” This explains why Ponyboy risked his life and ran into the burning church to save the school children because when people do something wrong, and someone else pays the price, they usually feel bad and try

Rainsford. One of the quote is “I have never slept in a better bed.” Rainsford is skilled because he made a lot of traps which all activated. “I never slept in a more comfortable bed” page 80. It shows that the trait is a skilled because Zaroff challenged him to a dual and Rainsford Must have won it so skilled for taking a person out that was really strong. During the story, Rainsford is also smart because he new what he was doing when he was in the middle of the game. My second quote is “The world is

Breshaunna Smalls Williams ENGL 1101 20 June 2015 Analyzing The Quotes “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” is a very compelling short story written by Flannery O’Connor. In this short story Flannery O’Connor tells a story of a man (Bailey) who plans on taking his family on a summer vacation in Florida, but the grandmother disagrees and insist that they go to Tennessee instead. She then tries to persuade Bailey to take the family to Tennessee by telling him that his two children had never been to Tennessee

with the world. In Passing we see how Irene and Clare fit differently into the world, not seeing race while Irene is conscious of it. Nella Larson states “No, Clare Kendry cared nothing about the race. She only belonged to it”(Larson pg 52). This quote

The quote “We may conclude… that any change in the numerical proportions of some of the inhabitants, independently of the change of climate itself, would most seriously affect many of the others.” means that if you change one thing it can have an affect on many other thing and or people. In the book viola makes the meals for the family and keeps them eating well. She makes special dishes for holidays and events and makes cakes for every ones birthday. She gives an effect that viola is very independent

are not selected to partake in another year of this class because they have overcome their traumas. This quote illustrates why Zebra and Andrea were not chosen to participate for the second year: “From time to time his hand hurt, but the fingers seemed slowly to be coming back to life… ‘You are becoming a pleasant life form,’ Andrea said” (Potok 59 - 61). The reader can assume from this quote that both Andrea and Zebra are healing because Zebra’s injured fingers are coming back to

years transact it anyway and be unquestionably glad that I did it. This quote shows that you should never say you will never do anything by reason of years later you might do it and