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Monday, March 5, 2018

Take ten: favorite book quotes



1. "You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you."
Persuasion


2. "After all
a person's a person.
No matter how small."
Horton Hears a Who


3.“All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable
one; you need not covet it), is that of loving longest, when existence
or when hope is gone.”
Persuasion

4. "The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."
A Woman of No Importance


5. "Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
Attributed to G.K. Chesterton


6. "…he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
Wuthering Heights


7. "I can't go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland


8. "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
Pride and Prejudice


9. "There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature."
Northanger Abbey


10. “Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion"..."Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.”
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

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So, what do you think of my list of quotes? I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

22 comments:

  1. I tried so hard to find one from 'Narnia' and while I *know* there are a TON I could have used, I lost patience. ;) Oh, well. Next time. Great to see some classic lit love on your list - and I'm also realizing that, though I've not read it, I should have featured Anne of Green Gables. It's such a good story! :)

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    1. One of from Anne of Green Gables would of been a wonderful addition!

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  2. I used that P&P quote in my TTT too :) It's such a good one! Really love that one on fairy tales too!

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  3. Yay! I love that quote from Dr Seuss. What a legend!

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    1. It seemed fitting with his birthday having just passed.;)

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  4. Love the Horton Hears a Who Quote. I am addicted to book quotes , what a fun list :) Mine is https://thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.co.nz/2018/03/top-ten-tuesday-book-quotes.html

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    1. I love them too! I try to write my favorites down as I come across them.;)

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  5. Aw, Horton! Dr. Seuss is forever quotable.

    Here is out Top Ten Tuesday. Thanks!

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    1. He is indeed! I could of put several more of his on here.;)

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  6. I love that Dr. Seuss made your list! And that quote from A Woman of No Importance is really great, too.
    My TTT.

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    1. Thank you! Oscar Wilde has so many wonderful quotes.

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  7. Great list, my brother actually played a Who in a grade school play-he was so cute!! Love your list!!
    https://justmeandmyblogreviews.blogspot.com/2018/03/top-ten-tuesday-book-quotes.html

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  8. I love this list! Especially the Wuthering Heights quote. I read that for the first time last year, and fell in love with it.

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    1. I need to go back and re-read it, since I didn't appreciate it in high school.;) The quote is one of my favorites though!

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  9. I love the quote you chose from Pride and Prejudice, that sounds like something that should be on tote bags and t shirts everywhere : )

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  10. That #5 quote and P&P one!! They are really good. Loved your list!

    My TTT

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    1. Thank you! I had fun putting it together.;) I could of easily had 25 on here.;)

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  11. I love the Narnia one, and the P & P one too! The Alice in wondrland one is great too.

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    1. Thank you! This was such a fun list to come up with.

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