Today’s Totally Random
Lines
This is the monstruosity in love, lady,-
that the will is infinite and the execution confined; that the desire is
boundless, and the act a slave to limit.
Troilus
Troilus and Cressida Act III, Scene ii, Line 81
Well, we could
get into context if we wanted to, but the nature of the line allows us to just
take it at face value, and I think that is what we’ll do.
It’s very well
put; but of course it’s Shakespeare, isn’t it. Will is infinite. I wonder
if Will thought of this use of the word will as a pun? I mean, given the
nearly infinite magnificence of the works that he produced (assuming he
realized how great his works were), I can see where he was making a pun between
will (unlimited desire) and Will (himself). Just a thought.
The second iteration
is just as good, if not better: desire is boundless and act a slave
to limit. Act a slave to limit. That’s really some awesome word work there,
Will, I love it.
And don’t tell
me that you couldn’t find a place to use that line. No, not every day; but
there are times when it would be perfect. I’m pretty sure that Patrice would
say that about half the projects that Pete proposes.
Pete
Look, if we
get rid of that wooden deck outside our bedroom, we could build one out of
stone. That would last forever, and we could also build a stone fountain into
the face of it!
Patrice
You know,
buddy, desire is boundless, and the act a slave to limit.
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