Description : Do you find yourself inadvertantly collecting certain things without realizing it? What have you been collecting?
Last Answer : Hmmm, I seem to gravitate towards glass items at yard sales which I can make into container candles. I’ve always been a bit of a pack rat, so collecting things with no immediate use is normal for me. Whooweee, You should see my attic.
Description : Would you share the name of your favorite philosopher or author, and perhaps a passage from that said person?
Last Answer : “Everybody lies” – House “God is dead” – Friedrich Nietzsche. “The earth was blue, but there was no God.” – Yuri Gagarin
Description : What symbols of the horses and gifts in this parable enhance the story and irony because they?
Last Answer : B
Description : Can someone help me find this Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress quote?
Last Answer : “loathing for everyone who kept these books from us”, p.99 in one edition, page 93 in another.
Description : Can you help me find a very specific John Muir quote?
Last Answer : You should text search through this and find it and let us know!
Description : What is your favorite literary quote?
Last Answer : One of my favorites is from Las Amigas by Carlos Fuentes: No, aquellos eran los tiempos jóvenes. Éstos son los viejos tiempos, Archibald. It means, Those weren't old times. These are the ... explainable than that of words . Wow, that translates really badly. Take from it what you will. Another
Description : How do you quote something on a website such as ask-public from a copywritten book legally?
Last Answer : Post the source.
Description : What does this phrase mean?
Last Answer : answer:“Moment” in this context refers to something of great importance or consequence. “Foreign” in this context means not belonging, or strange and unfamiliar. So, “one thing that was unusual or apart from what he was used to is of such importance to him”.
Description : Was there a show or movie back in the 89's or 90's that had a quote about isabella rossellini? Like, her name was said in a very dramatic Italian voice. Perhaps: "Isabella Rossellini, she's a gonna be a no show." For some reason this popped into my head tonight. Am I crazy?
Last Answer : There was an episode of friends where she appeared in an episode where Ross had her on his "list" it may have started from that?
Description : Write a line or passage from any book that immediately comes to mind.....okay?
Last Answer : Roughly paraphrased: “I’m both very happy and very sad, and I’m still trying to figure out how that can be.”
Description : Is this story sending the wrong message (details inside)
Last Answer : I think that the more things change from one culture to another, the more things stay the same. If I had read that story, not knowing you are from Viet Nam, I would think it happened in the States some ... charges. Just promise me now, that you wont ever put up with crap like that from a man. OK?
Description : If I write a story about reviving zombies, and I asked for names from someone, and I use that someone's name should I credit them?
Last Answer : Yeah, would be nice to acknowledge them. Depends also what you both have agreed on her bringing in the name. Will she get royalties, or a one off amount, or ‘just’ the honor.
Description : Book readers, which fictional story while reading it made you feel life is still worth living despite the desperate struggles?
Last Answer : Neither a book, nor fictional, but seeing kids playing with their toy aeroplanes makes me smile.
Description : Does anyone know a sci-fi story with this type of concept?
Last Answer : Yes, moontrap.
Description : In terms of memory of the story (or information), how does an audio book stack up to a paper (or electronic) one?
Last Answer : I find things read remembered better than things heard, but that could just be me =]
Description : If I wanted to write a children's story book for the iPad what easy-to-use program would you recommend?
Last Answer : answer:The easiest way to do this is HTML and CSS. It is what the internet uses. Once you get your book looking good as a webpage then it is easy to plunk it into a wrapper in xCode and make it a app that you can sell. HTML, CSS, and Javascript are a hell of a lot easier than Objective C.
Description : If you could leap into the pages of a book & live out a day within that story, where are you going to land?
Last Answer : I’d jump into The Metamorphosis and keep Samsa company, since he was so cruelly ostracized :(
Description : Is it possible to write a mystery story without revealing who the culprit is?
Last Answer : answer:Dickens’ last novel: The Mystery of Edwin Drood was never resolved, as the author died before it was finished. You may elect not to go that route.
Description : What Should the plot of my story be?
Last Answer : answer:Each of those girls should have a dark past. One of the girls was promised to some other man by her parents. She escaped, and the parents are now doing everything in their power ... the attackers with deadly force, to end their plight permanentlym and to find and rescue their foster father.
Description : Do you recognize this story?
Last Answer : Could it be The Leather Albatross? Sorry I could find zero photos of it, but if you request a scan you could see the cover here
Description : What are some good short story books?
Last Answer : A very funny, but older, collection of short stories is Dating Your Mom by Ian Frazier
Description : What would be the best way to organize this story (see details)
Last Answer : I like the first approach in which you write about one character per chapter. For me as a reader that’s less confusing. You can add a phrase at the beginning of each chapter which will clue the reader that you’re returning to a previous character.
Description : What is this classic story/debate called?
Last Answer : Utopia by Thomas More?
Description : How do I keep track of characterization in my story if I have to take a hiatus from story writing?
Last Answer : answer:Why are you wanting to wait a whole year to come back to it? Imo, if you use a spreadsheet, your characters will be boring, chopping, and robotic. Simply listing their traits makes them less ... changed as a person, and you're writing will most likely be better than it was a year earlier.
Description : What is the name of the short story about a robot marching by itself?
Last Answer : The Story of Madonna?
Description : Does anyone know the name of this book? It's a story about a teen boy being abuse by the stepfather more details...
Last Answer : “This Boy’s Life” is the name of the book and there was a movie made of the story as well.
Description : Does anyone know of any good websites where I can find out how much certain old books are worth?
Last Answer : Of course. :) Your Old Books is a giant research paper (with a table of contents) on the evaluating old books. I also recommend Faded Giant, as @stranger_in_a_strange_land mentioned.
Description : Is it possible to transfer someone's memories and personality to someone else by transplanting a certain brain organ, and if so, what organ - or organs, perhaps - would be able to do this?
Last Answer : The brain itself is an organ. The frontal lobe is the part mostly responsible for personality. I know of no way the frontal lobe can be switched from one human to another.
Description : What is your favorite fable or parable that teaches a moral theme or lesson?
Last Answer : Jack and the Beanstalk I teaches that murder with robbery is OK.
Description : It is said that the new series "V" is a parable for Obama's administration, what do you think about this?
Last Answer : Saw the show. No idea what these guys you refer to are talking about. There was a reference to universal healthcare when the V offered to open alien clinics in all major cities, but that was ... current topical reference I can think of. It certainly wasn't pro- or anti-Obama, in my opinion.
Description : In this parable why must the woman light a lamp to look for the coin?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Which sentence best describes a charcteristic of a parable?
Last Answer : The story ends with a moral.
Description : In the parable what happend to the seeds that fell on the path?
Description : What fact is common to a parable a legend and a myth?
Description : In the parable of the hidden treasure why did Jesus compare the kingdom of God to a treasure hidden in a field?
Last Answer : Because the gospel is something you have to find, and work, and sacrifice for. It isn't something that is easy or disposable.
Description : Which sentence best describes a characteristic of a parable?
Last Answer : The story stresses the affects of a good and bad behavior.
Description : The lesson is a true example of _______ (a) parable (b) legend (c) ballad (d) saga
Last Answer : (a) parable
Description : What commercial jingle or catch phrase do you remember from your childhood?
Last Answer : Datsun… we are DRIVEN!!
Description : Is there anything from your childhood home (a piece of decor, say) that stands out in your mind (for whatever reason), when thinking back?
Last Answer : The girl next door?
Description : John Locke's phrase of tabula rasa means Options: A) Tal and Ras B) free education C) mind itself is a result of the process of evolution D) All of the above
Last Answer : C) mind itself is a result of the process of evolution
Description : What does this quote mean the quote smile every time but his eyes tell a different story?
Description : Who wants to play the: Tell one sweet, funny, or clever My childhood pet... story game?
Last Answer : answer:I had a little dog named Tami and a bunny named Cinnamon , they were best friends. Tammy was a terrier mix, brindle with white paws and chest, a darling little dog. We moved out ... and my parents could barely get me to leave the airport when they went missing. Fuck American Airlines. lol
Description : Do you have a favourite childhood story ? [ details ]?
Last Answer : I liked the stories my dad would make up for me and I liked Aesop’s Fables and fairy tales alot too.
Description : Do you remember what childhood game was a favorite of yours? Care to share a specific story about it?
Last Answer : Tomb Raider
Description : What childhood bedtime story or nursery rhyme will you never forget?
Last Answer : Well, I read ‘Winken, Blinken, & Nod’ to my kids so many times I might be able to recite it from memory. When I was a kid, my favorite thing was for my dad to tell me a story; he would make up silly stories, starring me, of course!! It is a very fond memory.
Description : What is your most embarrassing childhood story?
Last Answer : I was at this black kids birthday party and some kid told me he didn't like black people and I was like yo no way he just said that to me I gotta make sure people know he said that and that ... of blame for that. Anyhow that was the day I learned to keep my fucking mouth shut and mind my business
Description : Is there a certain smell or sound that brings back memories of your childhood?
Last Answer : Fresh hay, homemade bread, or my father’s aftershave. Wow, those take me back to nice places. Life was simple back then.
Description : Did your parents/guardians ever say certain phrases throughout your childhood? If so, what were they?
Last Answer : My grandfather called the cordless phone a “walkabout phone”.
Description : Is there a certain food or meal that reminds you of your childhood?
Last Answer : PB&J! (I occasionally still eat it, but it was pretty much all I would eat for school lunch for about 6 years.)