Here are the last of the quote books on my shelf (for now, anyway);-)

An Encyclopedia of Quotations About Music, compiled and edited by Nat Shapiro is a very well organized collection. Even the chapters are divided into more specific topics. Unlike most other quote books, there are photographs of musicians, too. I especially loved the sub-chapter of musical misanthropy filled with 'mis-speaks' (operations instead of operettas) and compliments that aren't so nice, and some that are just plan nasty.

Kathleen Kimble, Robin Petersen, and Kathleen Johnson put together the music quotes in The Music Lover's Quotation Book: a Lyrical Companion. Many of these are quotes from musicians rather than about them. Most enjoyable!

Before dvds, before videos, at a time when one had to rely on reruns to see a favorite show again, in this case Star Trek, there was Star Trek Speaks, compiled by Susan Sackett, Fred and Stan Goldstein. Along with each quote is not only who said it, but which episode and a brief description of the scene. I found when I was reading it that it conjured up nice images in my mind. In this collection, too, there are a few photographs.

For some unknown reason books, movies, and tv shows are often renamed when released in the United States. Often times the original is better (think The Murdoch Mysteries becoming The Artful Detective). So, the subtitle for The Official Quotable Doctor Who went from Wit, Wisdom and Timey Wimey Stuff to Wise Words From Across Space and Time. Hmmf. From their first words to their last and so much in-between, it's still a wonderful collection from the early days of the show to the Eleventh Doctor. (And the first words of the Twelfth).

"There is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion." -- Abraham Lincoln

(thank you Quote Garden) :-)

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