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Best line(s) of your favorite book(s)??

I have tons, i can't describe :-P

“Usually I'm remarkably good natured. Try me on a day that doesn't end in y.”
― Cassandra Clare

This is one of the many fav. of mine. :)

Maira wrote: "“Usually I'm remarkably good natured. Try me on a day that doesn't end in y.”
― Cassandra Clare

This is one of the many fav. of mine. :)"

Nice one! What book? :P

Quite a few but one of my faves is, "You gave me a forever within a number of limited days and I'm grateful for that". - Augustus Waters

Omg, I have so many, but this one from City Of Heavenly Fire (that book was was full of extremely good quotes so it's really hard to choose just one) hit me like really hard, and idek why but it was a beautiful line and I just love it so much - “Weapons, when they break and are mended, can be stronger at the mended place. Perhaps hearts are the same.”

"Difficult and Impossible are cousins often mistaken for each other with very little in common" - Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

Mari wrote: "Omg, I have so many, but this one from City Of Heavenly Fire (that book was was full of extremely good quotes so it's really hard to choose just one) hit me like really hard, and idek why but it wa..."

Awesome quote!!

Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.
^_^

“Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys.” 
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Obsidian

Dallas Bines. Dallicious Bines would be a more fitting name.” 
― Veronica Blade, From Fame to Shame

Shelby wrote: "“Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys.” 
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Obsidian

Dallas Bines. Dallicious Bines would be a more fitting name.” 
― Veron..."

Love the first one:) The book and the quote!

“You smoke to enjoy it, I smoke to die.” - in Looking for Alaska
I also liked this one very much: "The he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes" from Pride and prejudice

“Atticus said to Jem one day, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your father’s right," she said. "Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“So I was thinking, there're eighty-six thousand, four hundred seconds in a day, right? There're one thousand, four hundred and forty minutes in a day...There're one hundred and sixty-eight hours in a week. Around eighty-seven hundred and then some hours in a year, and you know what?...I want to spend every second, every minute, every hour with you...I want a year's worth of seconds and minutes with you. I want a decade's worth of hours, so many that I can't add them up.”
-Jennifer Armentrout

it's a tough choice.. but, I'll choose

fault in our stars

There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.” 

"I recall certain moments. Let us call them icebergs in paradise." From Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

THE OPENING LINES I LOVE-

1.It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife from Pride and Prejudice. I believe everybody has either read or heard this line.


2.All children, except one, grow up. from Peter Pan

3.Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. from Rebecca

other lines I loved-

“Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.” from Angels & Demons


“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”

“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”

from The Perks of Being a Wallflower

One of my favorite quote:
"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye." - from The Little Prince

"Just because life is pointless, that doesn't mean you get to sit around all day moaning about it. There's still work to be done. You should still help the oppressed, take care of the abandoned, and make each other happy if and when you can. Just because there'es no point to any of it doesn't mean it's not the right thing to do." -God is Disappointed in You

"Sometimes it's the people you know best who have the darkest secrets" - The stranger you know by Jane Casey

It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say you're okay, or we're alive. After all they'd been through over the last year, he knew that the most important thing was that they were together. She loved him for saying that.” Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

“Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window" The Great Gatsby.
This book is filled with amazing quotes but I feel as though this one can easily be applied in every day life.

So for my favorite singular line from a book I could think of soooooo many. But what always stands out in my head as one of my favorite lines of a book is more of a passage than anything. It is from Steinbeck's East of Eden (one of my favorite books ever). It is a conversation between Samuel and Adam, the first line being Samuel. (I apologize for any inaccuracies as I am typing from memory. Although I have recited this many times in my head and out loud so I may be pretty spot on. Haha.)

"Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic?"

"I don't know."

"Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience."

"Why do you come to lecture me? I am glad you've come but why do you dig into me?"

"To see whether I can raise a little anger in you. I am a nosy man. But there is all that fallow land, and here beside me is fallow man. It seems a waste. And I have a bad feeling about waste, Because I could never afford it. Is it a good feeling to let your life lie fallow?"

MichaXO wrote: ""I recall certain moments. Let us call them icebergs in paradise." From Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov"

Beautiful line and beautifully written book. One of my favorites. It is such a tiny moment in the book too and I am glad you have remembered it as one of your favorites. :-)

"A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth." From Diane Setterfield's "The Thirteenth Tale."

"For the record, my hair is naturally blonde." -Jace Wayland, City of Bones.

Seriously, I Love this line xD <3

'Tomorrow is another day.' And, 'I don't give a damn, my dear.' Gone with the Wind, By Margaret Mitchell

But, 'Kafka On the Shore' is a delight of quotes, each para, every page is bursting with philosophical nuances. Cant recall which was the book I read lately that was so beautifully written.

There are few that have stuck on my mind.

Fight Club "You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all a part of the same compost pile."

Fight Club "On a large enough time line, the survival rate for everyone will drop to zero."

Anansi Boys "Spider was used to being able to push reality around a little, just a little but that was always enough. You just had to show reality who was boss, that was all. Having said that, he had never met anyone who inhabited her own reality quite so firmly as Rosie's mother.

Maham wrote: "oh God they are infinite but I am currently reading The Perks of Being a Wallflowerso I'll share some of its quotes which are my favourites.
I don't know if you've ever felt like that..."

That poem... Oh my God.
Every time I read the book, I pick it apart; and every time I pick out different things from it.
It's the saddest one I think I've ever read, but also beautiful.

Certainly haunting.
Thank you so much for sharing! I too remember that poem.

"There aint no sin and there aint no virtue, there's just stuff people do."

Grapes of Wrath

“I guess now would be a good time to tell you," He said. "I took Chainsaw out of my dreams.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“Blue Sargent had forgotten how many times she’d been told that she would kill her true love.” –The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

"It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die." - THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater

"My name is Towner Whitney. No, that's not exactly true.My real first name is Sophya. Never believe me. I lie all the time." - The Lace Reader Brunonia Barry

“The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.” -The Brothers Karamazov

“Should is a futile word. It's about what didn't happen. It belongs in a parallel universe. It belongs in another dimension of space.” -The Blind Assassin

“Wisest is she who knows she does not know.” -Sophie's World

Colleen ~ The Clever Girl from Gallifrey wrote: "MichaXO wrote: ""I recall certain moments. Let us call them icebergs in paradise." From Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov"

Beautiful line and beautifully written book. One of my favorites. It is such a t..."

Thank you! And I agree that it was beautifully written.

"The only thing worse then a boy who hates you is a boy who loves you"
-The Book Thief

"Books have to be heavy because the whole world is inside of them"
-Inkheart

Sorry for the swear.

"fuckstockings!" - Fool by Christopher Moore

This is literally my catchphrase. I say it all the time

1. "She'd never been kissed like that before- like the shell of her soul had evaporated" ~Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

2. “Danny, give me the phone." Isobel thrust her hand out for the receiver. "And you can forget the five bucks." "I was gonna charge you three-fifty anyway," he said, holding the phone just out of reach. "He knew he hadn't dialed the wrong number, so I had to tell him you were on the crapper.” ~Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

3. "He seized me as boldly as a tiger captures his prey. There was no escape. And I didn't want to. I would have happily died in his clutches. I was his and he made sure I knew it. My heart burst with a thousand beautiful blooms, all tiger lilies. And I knew with a certainty more powerful than anything I ever felt before that we belonged together.
He finally lifted his head and murmured against my lips, "Its about bloody time, woman"
~Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck

4. At a few minutes before four, Peeta turns to me again.
"Your favorite color....it's green?"
"That's right." Then I think of something to add. "And
yours s orange."
"Orange?" He seems unconvinced
"Not bright orange. But soft. Like the sunset," I say. "At least, that's
what you told me once."
"Oh." He closes his eyes briefly, maybe trying to conjure up that sunset,
then nods his head. "Thank you."
But more words tumble out. "You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to
sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always
double knot your shoe laces"
The I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry"
~Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

“You're beginning to get the idea, Clark. We could have changed the world…now…look at us…I've become a political liability…and…you…you're a joke. I want you to remember, Clark…in all the years to come…in your most private moments…I want you to remember…my hand…at your throat…I want…you to remember…the one man who beat you.”
― Frank Miller, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

There were a lot of lines in a book which I really loved The Geography of You and Me but I'm gonna say two which really touched me

“That was the thing about books, she was realizing; they could take you somewhere else entirely, it was true. but it wasn't the same thing as actually going there yourself.”

“They were like a couple of asteroids that had collided, she and Owen, briefly sparking before ricocheting off again, a little chipped, maybe even a little scarred, but with miles and miles still to go.”

"We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a person BECAUSE. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something DESPITE. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect." -Kvothe, from The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

“When you first fall in love, it's supposed to be awful. Awful, uncertain, scary, wonderful, confusing, all at once. That's how you know it's real. You have to care deeply. Passionately. That hurts.” ― Nancy Werlin, Impossible


“Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?”
“Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
“No, I give it up,” Alice replied: “What’s the answer?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea,” said the Hatter”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland


“Snow White: You're still lost in the forest, but lonely, lost girls like us can be rescued. You are standing on the edge of greatness.
Virginia: I'm not. I'm useless. I'm a nobody.
Snow White: You will one day be like me, a great advisor to other lost girls. Now stand up.”
― Kathryn Wesley, The 10th Kingdom


“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.”
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen


“You get used to people being a certain way; you depend on it. And when they surprise you, for better or worse, it can shake you to your core.”
― Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything


“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


“We are born in one day. We die in one day. We can change in one day. And we can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in just one day.”
― Gayle Forman, Just One Day

"A man does what he can, a woman does what man cannot." - Isabel Allende, Ines of my Soul