Mystery item for autumn

120 responses total.

Do these quotes have to be from books?

"This is the verdict:  Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness
instead of light because their deeds were evil.  Everyone who does evil hates
the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be
exposed.  But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light ..."

This one IS from a book (since I wasn't sure), and there are bonus points
for completing the last sentence.

Can I make up an ending, or do I have to find the book? What if I can
make up a better edning than the one in the book, then what? Is there
a prize?

So religious sounding . . . The Book of Mormon?  

Is this found in the first book of John, in the New Testament?

St. Paul?

Re #2:  For bonus points, you have to give the ending that appears in the
original, or some appropriate translation of what most scholars believe the
author wrote.

Re #3:  As fond as John Smith was of copying, I wouldn't be surprised, but
that's not where I got it.

Re #4:  Please clarify.

Re #5:  No.

Re #6-- how boring. (wink)

This Item from the Fall agora (#7) has been linked to Item 43 in books.

Oh, rats.  I would swear I've heard this before.  
Is it Orson Scott Card?  

Re #7:  So sorry to disappoint you.  :-)

Re #9:  No, but what little of his I've read indicates that he is almost that
thoughtful.  Ender's Game was COOL!

Re #10:  Oops, saved the response too quickly !!

How about Plato?

Pluto

I'll guess Ursula LeGuin's "Left Hand of Darkness"

Re #12-14:  No, no, and no.  Y'all are getting colder...

The first book of John the apostle, otherwise known as the apostle of love.
I believe the first chapter, without looking it up.  If this is correct please
give the translation.

The reason I asked for clarification was that there is a gospel attributed
to John, which appears before the book known as 1 John (aka First John), but
there's no telling which one was written first.  So what I am saying is that
"the first book of John" is VERY ambiguous.

The apostle John, aka the disciple whom Jesus loved, DID write the quote.

Identify this Quote:
"Would all of you who would like to die immediately and save yourselves the
inconvenience and discomfort of being chased down and slowly hacked to peices
please step forward."

L. Ron Hubbard, I think it was called _Invasion Earth_ ??

Dougless Adams, Hitchhicker or sequels?

E.R. Burroghs, "At Earth's Core"?

I know I've seen this lately, and At Earths Core is the only book that would
be likely to have that quote.

this quote was already used in a similar item very recently, but I went
and forgot who it was

David Eddings, in the malorean, King of the Murgos, I think

So, did anyone get the quote?  Who's up?

I guess it's time for somebody to steal the deal and post a quote.

This should be easy, but I'll make it harder by saying you have to list BOTH
occurrences:

  "The eagles are coming!  The eagles are coming!"

It's in LoTR, so it must also be in The Hobbit??  Just a guess.

The Battle of the Five Armies, if I am not mistaken...

The first appearance is in _The Hobbit_, during the Battle of the Five Armies,
and the second is during _Return of the King_, as Pippin is falling
unconscious at the main gate of Mordor.

This "mysterious quote" game has been taking place on Grex for
over two years now--there's a new item for it in every edition
of Agora. Maybe I'll describe the way the game is usually
conducted, since that wasn't stated this time around.
   A person enters a quote from a published literary work. It
can be any genre--prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. People
try to guess the author. The first person to guess correctly
gets to post the next quote. If people are having trouble with
it, the poster gives hints or enters additional quotes by the
the same author. When people guess they should give reasons for
their guess. The object is to share knowledge and learn more
about literature.
   In the past, only the author--not the particular work--has
been required to win. Not that the rules can't be changed, but
in general I think it's more fun if only the author is required,
as it opens up the game to people who maybe haven't read the
particular work quoted but who can make educated guesses about
the author based on the style, subject matter, or hints that
have been given.

Nobody has named the author of the latest quote yet.  _Return of
the King_ and _The Hobbit_ are the two books.  Anyone care to guess
the author's name?

J.R.R. Tolkein, if I remember from my readings of 25 years ago!

I think whoever first guessed LOTR ought to get it, but  if simcha gets on
first, he ought to just get on with it.

So honors go to md or Simcha...  OK.  One of you is up to bat.

simcha

(Re 33: Simcha is a she.)

simcha is indeed a she, but would like to defer to md as I only
recognized the titles, but not the quote.  Besides, I have no quote
to post.  So, please, md, be gracious and get me out of this
little spot (just one more time I should have kept the ol' mouth
shut!!!).

Okay, this one's for simcha, in that it isn't a quote, it's a title:

   _Because It Is Bitter, And Because It Is My Heart_

Whoever guesses the author of the book with this title wins, but bonus
credit if you can guess the source of this unusual title.

My apologies, simcha...

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