{"id":1442632,"date":"2020-02-18T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1442632"},"modified":"2020-02-18T15:46:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T20:46:48","slug":"22-literary-quotes-everyone-knows-even-if-they-havent-read-the-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/22-literary-quotes-everyone-knows-even-if-they-havent-read-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"22 Literary Quotes Everyone Knows (Even If They Haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Read the Book)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/romeoandjulietwhostoblamesep30_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Literary classics have only one job, and if you guessed that it&#8217;s to represent the period they&#8217;re from while also serving as timeless expressions of life, truth, and beauty, then you&#8217;re wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their job, <em>obviously,<\/em> is be iconic\u2014to give the world instantly recognizable quotes that people can share on Facebook for likes. And that&#8217;s just one way to tell if a literary line has reached iconic status. Another is by searching Etsy and seeing how many people are selling tote bags of it for $35 plus shipping.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the third? Well, the third way to tell if a quote is iconic is if it made this list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Literary classics have only one job, and if you guessed that it&#8217;s to represent the period they&#8217;re from while also serving as timeless expressions of life, truth, and beauty, then you&#8217;re wrong. Their job, obviously,   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":485,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[628,524,25017,756,171],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442632"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/485"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1442632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1442637,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442632\/revisions\/1442637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1442632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1442632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}