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I feel like Blab About Books has been a little underloved recently, so I thought about threads, and I'm not sure if this one has been done before, but I'm doing now, so, AHEM.
Favorite lines/quotes from books! Have you ever felt like an author just pulls you in with the first line of a book? Or like there was an AMAZING quote that you just wanted to remember forever? Or one that you love because it's so true for you? This is the thread for you! Please post your quote, plus the book that it came from and the authors name (If you can remember it.)
'Now for those of you who know anything about blind children, you are aware that they make the very best thieves.'
First line of Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
'Reader, I married him.'
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
'Call me The Giver.'
The Giver by Lois Lowry.
submitted by Hummingbird, The Backyard Flowers
(November 30, 2019 - 1:32 pm)
(November 30, 2019 - 1:32 pm)
(April 1, 2024 - 6:18 pm)
"Get thee gone from my gates, thou jail-crow of Mandos!" --Feanor, The Silmarillion
sorry I just couldn't help myself
(April 2, 2024 - 4:05 pm)
"Holy unanticipated occurrences!" - Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo (one of my faves!)
(April 7, 2024 - 6:30 pm)
“i just don’t like the people he associates with—assorted criminals, jazz musicians….” — Sign of the Unicorn, Roger Zelazny
“ooh you neuroscientists not only eat your dead but also believe all our decisions are unconscious” — Determined, Robert Sapolsky
(April 15, 2024 - 8:30 pm)
"The water doesn't get to command me anymore. Only I command it. And I think I can save the city." -Linh, KotLC, Nightfall
"Ohhh, a lover's quarrel! Those are my favorite. Anyone have snacks? I feel like we should have snacks for this." -Ro, KotLC, Nightfall
(April 17, 2024 - 8:16 am)
"No, she wouldn't say anything to me about Lucius afterwards, except to stay away from him. So during the Incident at the Potions Shop, while Professor McGonagall was busy yelling at the shopkeeper and trying to get everything under control, I grabbed one of the customers and asked them about Lucius."
Draco's eyes were wide again. "Did you really? "
Harry gave Draco a puzzled look. "If I lied the first time, I'm not going to tell you the truth just because you ask twice."
There was a certain pause as Draco absorbed this.
"You're so completely going to be in Slytherin."
"I'm so completely going to be in Ravenclaw, thank you very much. I only want power so I can get books." - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
He was standing in a bright, open-air platform next to a single huge train, fourteen long carriages headed up by a massive scarlet-metal steam engine with a tall chimney that promised death to air quality. - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
SNUDOO! - Wings of Fire
(April 18, 2024 - 12:05 am)
"My mother used to say that things we've lost have a way of getting back to us,if not in the way we expect." -Luna lovegood one of the harry potters
(April 19, 2024 - 10:12 am)