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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.
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(November 30, 2019 - 1:32 pm)
(November 30, 2019 - 1:32 pm)
I just finished reading Pride and Prejudice (it was really good!) and it has a lot of amazing quotes, so here are my favorites:
"'I certainly have not the talent,' said Darcy, 'of conversing easily
with those I have never seen before.'" YES SAME! INTROVERTS!
"The more I see of the world,
the more I am dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of
the inconsistency of all human character, and of the little dependence
that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense"-Elizabeth Bennet
(March 24, 2022 - 2:02 pm)
Yes. Pride and Predjudice is awesome. Also, a Shakespeare quote because I am a weirdo :) : "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." (Lucio--Measure for Measure, I.iv.85-87)
(April 6, 2022 - 4:21 pm)
Did-- Did I kill this thread with a Shakespeare quote???
(May 6, 2022 - 6:50 pm)
No, you didn't! In fact I love this quote so much I am going to write it down where I can find it easily. I might try reading Measure for Measure sometime soon.
Here, let us have another Shakespeare quote:
"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk roses and eglantine."
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 2, Shakespeare
(May 7, 2022 - 10:55 am)
*GASP* IS THAT A FELLOW SHAKESPEARE NERD I DETECT??? You're the first one I've met in the wild (so to speak)! And yes, Measure for Measure is quite good, as long as you don't mind a pretty docile plot line (compared to the tragedy of Hamlet or the drama of Twelfth Night). Also this is somewhat random, but since I am discussing Shakespeare, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that my school has this beautiful copy of Romeo & Juliet, a hardcover bound in blue fabric and stamped with silver and gold, with stiff, yellow pages, and that FABULOUS old-book smell and I've read it like five times. *stops to take a breath* So. Anyway. Who'd like another book quote? (Not Shakespeare this time)
" 'Jorgen!' I shouted. 'I need you to come here right now and talk me out of doing something incredibly stupid.' " Starsight, by Brandon Sanderson.
"Hey. If hostile battleship takeovers were easy, everyone would do it." The Illuminae Files book 2, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (The series as a whole is overrated, but there's some great quotes)
"Aru did not volunteer what she was like at ten years old, mostly because it involved two straws, Pumbaa's iconic line When I was a young WARTHOG!, and a very bad recess. Anyway." Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes, by Rossini Chokshi
(May 7, 2022 - 4:19 pm)
(May 7, 2022 - 8:38 pm)
Not quite a Shakespeare nerd -- not yet, I think I may be becoming one though. So far I haven't even finshed A Midsummer Night's Dream yet. It's the first Shakespeare play I've read, but I am really enjoying it. Random quotes of his Dream keep wandering around my mind ("I will put a girdle round about the earth/In forty minutes", "Forgive me, king of shadows, I mistook"), not that I mind.
Your school's copy of Romeo and Juliet sounds georgeous. I am a big fan of beautifully bound and printed books, and the paper... I so appreciate good quality paper.
Is there a Shakespeare play you would recommend me to read after I read A Midsummer Night's Dream?
(May 21, 2022 - 12:52 pm)
Hmmm, I have a couple. Twelfth Night is really good, with secret identities, a sword fight or two, a Shakespearean fool who's absolutely awesome, at least two possible and excellent gay ships, and the mother of all love triangles. Also, Love's Labor's Lost is overflowing with hilarious banter (like, in every scene at least two characters start getting all snarky and witty on each other), which more than makes up for the simplistic, predictable plot. I'm also going to recommend Taming of the Shrew, even though it's the most sexist plot ever, because A) Act 2, Scene 1 has the best insults/banter/wordplay in any play ever, in my opinion, and B) it's really fun to invent various elaborate theories for why the main character, Katherine, goes from being awesome and feminist to a docile wife with no explanation whatsoever. Also Romeo and Juliet, because it's so freaking dramatic and the sword fight scenes are *chef's kiss*. The romance is... questionable, but the rest of it is pretty good.
(May 28, 2022 - 8:39 am)
Thank you for the suggestions! Twelth Night caught my attention, so I think I will try that next. Though I read a little Taming of the Shrew a long time ago and enjoyed the bit I read.
Snarky and witty characters? Maybe I'll have to try Love's Labor's Lost soon.
I agree with you on the romance of Romeo and Juliet. I was very shocked when while I was flipping through Romeo and Juliet I came aross Juliet's line where she says something about her duty or obediance in being married. I can't remember the exact quote.
Now I really want to see a Shakespeare play live.
(May 31, 2022 - 9:28 pm)
Yeah, I saw a live performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream a couple of days ago and it was FREAKING INCREDIBLE. Like, MINDBLOWINGLY GOOD. The person who played Puck was so skilled, and the costumes were extraordinary. It was my first time seeing Shakespeare performed (live or otherwise) and it did not disappoint. I recommend looking up Shakespeare in the park in your city; most cities and probably a lot of towns have at least one company, and now is the season for it.
I think we're accidentally turning this into a Shakespeare thread, but it's totally worth it.
(June 1, 2022 - 4:59 pm)
I'm so glad you saw Shakespeare live! Were the costumes period clothing ot more fantastical? I saw A Midsummer Night's Dream live a long time ago. All I really remember is Puck and vague glimpses of Oberon and Titania. It is a coincidence that you mentioned Shakespeare in the Parks because I was looking in to it. My family seems on board to go, so I hope to catch a performance or two this summer!
Also, yes, it is worth transforming this thread into a Shakespeare conversation.
(July 21, 2022 - 10:24 am)
(May 17, 2022 - 6:17 am)
I don't think so. I mean, the title of this thread is just "book quotes". I don't think it has to be favorites?
(Inkling says <<yipve>> Yippee? About what?)
(May 17, 2022 - 3:52 pm)
"When I was a young whippersnapper, we had scavenger sashimi every afternoon. But where have they all gone, can you tell me that, eh? They can't have gotten smarter! Someone's been interfering with my scavenger supply!"-Pearl imitating Humpback, Darkstalker, Legends. (Wings of fire)
"Oh no. It's too late. The sand is falling."-Whiteout, Darkstalker, Legends. (Wings of Fire)
"He's contemplating his noble reflection in the ice cubes."-Snowflake, Runaway. (Wings of Fire Winglets)
"I want you to know three things. One, I still don't like you. Two, I will always make fun of your hair. And three, I don't blame you for this."-Keefe, Legacy. (Keeper of the Lost Cities) (I'm not sure what the exact quote is, but that's generally what it is.)
I've been rereading Darkstalker: Legends and the winglets, and these are some of the most amazing ones. Also, Whiteout is awesome.
(May 20, 2022 - 9:02 am)
"I have loved the words and hated them, and I hope I've made them right."
- Liesel in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
(June 6, 2022 - 1:48 pm)