I agree with the others about quotes from tv shows or movies being more recognizable than literary quotes. (Shameful confession: when I saw Kenneth Branaugh's movie of "Hamlet", I thought, "Wow, who knew so many famous quotes came from this play"? Actually, we saw "Hamlet" early in the day and "Beavis And Butthead Take America" in the evening, so we could say we saw the highest and lowest culture in one day.)

I've read a lot of Virginia Woolf (for class) and never liked her. I have, however, read everything George Orwell wrote. Everything. Not kidding. Except his grocery lists. Also everything by F. Scott Fitzgerald.