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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)
What's that one from?
(November 1, 2021 - 3:15 pm)
I think The Westing Game. Correct?
(November 2, 2021 - 4:49 pm)
"I know magic can be stolen, because I stole some myself"
Guess which book! :D
(October 9, 2021 - 5:15 pm)
"I'm not heartless. Money isn't everything to me. Wait, yes it is."
-Gaku (Also know as "that shady salesman)
From: Absolute Boyfriend vol. 6
(October 12, 2021 - 3:35 pm)
(November 1, 2021 - 8:53 pm)
“With great power…comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
(The Last Olympian. I don't remember who said it.)
"Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die." (The Battle of the Labyrinth)
“We are NOT calling it magical death spit!!”
― Glory, Wings of Fire
“There's a tree," Starflight said, jumping to his feet. "In the forest."
"No way," Glory said. "A tree in the forest?”
― Tui T. Sutherland, The Lost Heir
There are some great quotes in Wings of Fire!
“After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end.
- Saphira (from Eragon)
“Mmm....she's doomed! You're doomed!! They're all doomed! Notice I didn't specify what kind of doom, so no matter what happens, I predicted it. How very WISE of me.”
― Eragon
Dire, but kinda amusing.
“You kids take your time," the Naysayer called from above them. "Me an'the oncoming apocalypse will just hang out and get to know each other while we wait.”
― Carrie Ryan, The Map to Everywhere
“Fin threw up his hands in frustration. "Marrill, I don't even have a pardon. Now is not the time to be begging for it.”
― Carrie Ryan, The Map to Everywhere
Yup...I have a lot of book quotes.
--Shining Star
(November 1, 2021 - 9:20 pm)
Hi, I just noticed that all the titles in Shining Star's post were links. I only clicked on one, and that one was a link to Goodreads. I don't know about the others. I wanted to let you know as I wasn't sure if Goodreads was an allowed website.
Thanks very much. We do not allowed links to outside websites, including Goodreads. I've removed the links. --admin
(November 2, 2021 - 10:06 am)
Whoops! That was an accident!!!! So sorry!!!
(November 3, 2021 - 4:07 pm)
*gaaaasp* I love the Map to Everywhere books! They're probably my favorite ever. (Well, I've only read the first too, but those were great.) Fin is my favorite character ever, and I love Marill's cat Karnelius. It has a lot of great quotes as well. I wish the villain Serth hadn't been called "insane" though, that's really ableist (bigoted against disabled people). Other than that I found him a quite effective villain especially with the well-developed characters, because he made them face themselves, kind of. I didn't know anyone else here had read it! I'll stop before this gets too long :P
(November 3, 2021 - 9:44 pm)
The first quote!!!! Is Nico Di Angelo!!! :D
(December 16, 2021 - 5:17 pm)
My favorite quote!
"No matter how smoothy you get up and act like nothing happened, it doesn't change the fact that you fell down the stairs"
-Takane and Hana volume 11.
My other quotes!
"Don't you feel bad losing to a coffeemaker?"
-Takane and Hana volume 14 Takane on page 69.
"What's she like? Your mom, I mean?" "I forget."
-Takane and Hana volume 14
"I know, I know. I heard that 30 times yesterday." "I'll tell you 300 times today to make it sink in."
-Takane and Hana volume 14.
(November 2, 2021 - 7:18 am)
Wow, this is a late reply (sorry!) but the quote I posted earlier is from The Westing Game.
(November 2, 2021 - 10:08 am)
"The best part is that it's completely legal-ish!"
From The Big Kahuna by Janet Evanovich
(November 2, 2021 - 4:51 pm)
That is awesome.
(November 2, 2021 - 6:12 pm)
The Harry Potter books have lots of funny lines, but I can't think of any right now. Here's a good one I read last night:
"Why would anyone want to watch the world go up in flames?"
-Keeper of the Lost Cites, book 1
(November 2, 2021 - 6:13 pm)