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The full explanation for this week’s prompt was:
Maybe a character said something really profound or romantic or hilarious or heartbreaking. You could share witty one-liners, mic-drop moments, snippets of funny dialogue between multiple characters, catchphrases, quotes that have become a part of pop culture–like “May the odds be ever in your favor.”, etc.
I rarely write down quotes from books, and when I do they tend to be several sentences long and have not become common sayings in modern English. Therefore, I’ll share some famous one-liners and catch phrases instead and hope that I have not misunderstood this topic:
“Bah! Humbug!”
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
“Big Brother is watching you.”
George Orwell, 1984
”All that glitters is not gold”
Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
J.R.R. Tolkien, From “The Riddle Of Strider” Poem in The Fellowship Of The Ring
”It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
“The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.”
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
(Maybe I have geeky friends, but I’ve heard this quoted more than once when someone has an existential or complex question).