Put Me Out Of My Misery

[liadnan]

Unplaceable quotes bug me like a wasp in the skull. So, to spare me another night where I can't fall asleep before 2.30, someone place this possible misquote, please:

".. and yes I am allowing my personal experience to affect my judgment. That's what personal experience is for."

Comments

[rparvaaz.livejournal.com]

I can't help you with the quote [though it sounds annoyingly familiar] but if it helps, this quote is now driving me nuts too. :)

[itchyfidget.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that it sounded like something you might say :)

[rparvaaz.livejournal.com]

*g*

I'd be shocked if it were me and I just can't remember it. My first thought was 'Charlie!'. Had anyone else asked, I'd have put Marcus in there too. :)

[liadnan]

It's not a bad quotation in and of itself, is it?

[(Anonymous)]

It's good - right up there with the Italian Si non e vero, e ben trovato - if it's not true, it should be. (Apologies for any mis-spellings; Italian's not a language I know).

[itchyfidget.livejournal.com]

Whoops, that was me.

[beingfrank.livejournal.com]

I'm infected too.

[rparvaaz.livejournal.com]

Damn, Marcus is good at spreading the misery.... ;)

[liadnan]

See response to Claire: I think I have it.

[liadnan]

Robin McKinley, either The Blue Sword or The Hero and the Crown. Harry or Aerin to Luthe. That'll do until I can check.

Thank christ for that. I never stop until I get them.

[rparvaaz.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, that might be it. Those are the only two McKinley's I've read. Bless you. :)

[liadnan]

Just to pin it down completely, I'm pretty sure it's the latter, and Aerin, the point being that she's had bad experiences from eating surka.

[liadnan]

Must be ten years or so since I read them, but they're still around. Great shame she stopped writing the series I always thought.

Always thought the touch of influence of the raj on The Blue Sword was interesting.

[susumu.livejournal.com]

I can imagine Judi Dench saying it as M in Bond, but that's no guarantee it's what it is!

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

It is a good quotation, but I have had absolutely no luck anywhere in tracking it down.

If I were you, I would copyright it, stick it on a "motivational poster", and make a mint.

[liadnan]

I may have it.