Famous Lines from Famous Books

1.)  "The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new."
2.) This line is from the novel, Murphy, which was published in the year 1938 by the author Samuel Beckett who lived from 1906-1989. This author is also known for his other works, including, Molloy, Malone Dies, Watt, and Endgame.
3.) Murphy is about a man named Murphy, whom is very lonely and often sits in his apartment being alone. But his prostitute friend, Celia advises him to do something with his life, so he becomes a male nurse, finding sanity in the insanity of his patients. He also develops a love interest, whom his other friend has an interest for as well.

5.) "It was a fine cry- loud and long- but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow."
6.) This line is from the novel Sula, which was published in the year 1978 by the author Toni Morrison who was born in 1931 and is still alive today. This author is also known for other works, including The Bluest Eye, Love, Beloved, Tar Baby, Paradise and Home.
7.)  Sula is about a small hilly village area in Ohio called Bottom. A small group of black people live there including two young girls named Sula and Nel. The two girls go through adolescence together and witness many things, such as when they were playfully swinging a little boy by his hands and he lets go and falls into a river and drowns. Also Sula's mothers dress catches on fire and she dies of the burns. But as the two grow up, the grow apart. With Nel being happy and married and settled, and Sula having affairs with many men. Eventually Sula has an affair with Nel's husband, Jude, who then abandons Nel. This drives Nel and Sula apart, and Sula then dies in 1940.