The most quoteable book in the English Language is

a book called: Paul Clifford. Who says otherwise?

This thread is an shrine to the brilliance of this book.

Need an example:

The evening was gradually closing as Paul, chewing the cud of his bitter fancies, found himself on London Bridge. He paused there, and, leaning over the bridge, gazed wistfully on the gloomy waters that rolled onward , caring not a minnow for the numerous charming young ladies who have thought proper to drown them selves in those merciless waves , thereby depriving many a good mistress of an excellent housemaid or an invaluable cook, and many a treacherous Phaon of letters beginning with "Parjured Villen," and ending with "Your affectionot but molancolly Molly."