# What does this quote mean to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929 "2014-09-30T02:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929/21 "2014-10-02T05:29:19Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > All goods books are evidence of a great artistic “master” and as blood they both come from him and sustain him. To read them is to experience that “other” and once written they become everlasting and immortal for others to come. I think it was Schopenhauer who said that “to read is to think with the brain of another.” ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929/22 "2014-10-02T06:29:34Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I don’t really disagree with your interpretation, but I think “precious life-blood of a master spirit” would be too egotistical for someone to say of himself (herself). Yes, but Milton did not write that of one of his own books. He wrote “a good book”. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929/23 "2014-10-02T14:39:10Z")
I have this thing banging around in my head (a la earworm) that I can’t quite place where (and by whom) it was said, but best I have been able to Google so far is [Those words do not mean what you think they mean](http://themostkorean.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/those-words-do-not-mean-what-you-think-they-mean/comment-page-1/) Do you know the source of this? ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929/24 "2014-10-02T14:42:52Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I have this thing banging around in my head (a la earworm) that I can’t quite place where (and by whom) it was said, but best I have been able to Google so far is [Those words do not mean what you think they mean](http://themostkorean.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/those-words-do-not-mean-what-you-think-they-mean/comment-page-1/) > > Do you know the source of this? “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” From _The Princess Bride._ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929/25 "2014-10-02T14:55:13Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” From _The Princess Bride._ Bingo! I can see/hear it now! Thanks for the relief: you know how that sort of thing can hijack your brain for hours to weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929/26 "2014-10-02T17:00:05Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Once, while discussing creativity tools and writer’s block here on the boards, I explained that I often find myself reluctant to _finish_ writing something, even when I’m perfectly capable of doing so. This is what I said then: Thank you, you just helped me understand myself better. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929/27 "2014-10-02T21:10:43Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Thank you, you just helped me understand myself better. Then I harbor no regrets for that butterfly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929.md?page=1)