This week’s theme via That Artsy Reader Girl is “favourite book quotes” — which I’m pretty sure I’ve done before. So instead, I’ll put a tiny spin on it and pick out my favourite quotes from the last ten books I’ve read. I just skipped ones which aren’t very quotable… or which didn’t have Goodreads quotes yet, if I couldn’t immediately think of something.
- Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke. “Perhaps that is what it is like being with other people. Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the world in ways you would rather not.”
- Invisible Women, by Caroline Criado-Perez. “It’s not always easy to convince someone a need exists, if they don’t have that need themselves.”
- The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, by Dorothy L. Sayers. “Books… are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with ’em, then we grow out of ’em and leave ’em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.”
- Utopia for Realists, by Rutger Brenman. “You can’t pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you have no boots.”
- Nine Coaches Waiting, by Mary Stewart. “There was one thing that stood like stone among the music and moonfroth of the evening’s gaieties. It was stupid, it was terrifying, it was wonderful, but it had happened and I could do nothing about it. For better or worse, I was head over ears in love.”
- Driftwood, by Marie Brennan. “Paggarat was less doomed than they wagered, not because of how long it lasted but because of how it went out. Because of Aun and Esr, smiling at each other until the end of the world.”
- The Grace of Kings, by Ken Liu. “Do you see how much power you have when you act without fear?”
- The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon. “I do not sleep because I am not only afraid of the monsters at my door, but also of the monsters my own mind can conjure. The ones that live within.”
- The Last Smile in Sunder City, by Luke Arnold. “I like books. They’re quiet, dignified and absolute. A man might falter but his words, once written, will hold.”
- The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, by Becky Chamber. “We cannot blame ourselves for the wars our parents start. Sometimes the very best thing we can do is walk away.”
I didn’t love all those books, but those quotes capture something that did work for me from each!
What a great list! I liked them all, but #4 was my favourite. 🙂
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I love that one from Priory!
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There were a bunch of good ones I could’ve picked, but that one spoke to me in the moment as someone who suffers from anxiety!
Driftwood sounds like a good read.
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It was really good! Marie Brennan always is, though. 😀
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I like these! I especially love the Piranesi quote (loved the book!), but I really like the others too. I love the one about lobster shells!
The lobster shells one is just too apt, ahaha.
Oh this is a good way to do this topic! Driftwood looks good, and I’m a huge fan Long Way so it was awesome to see a quote from that book. 🙂
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Driftwood was great, I do recommend!
I’ve seen so many interesting quotes from Piranesi, but I hadn’t been familiar with the book at all. Apparently I’ve been missing out! Finally adding it to my ever-growing TBR pile.
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Number 7 is my favorite one.
So true that we can do so much but we let fear stop us.
Fear is the only thing that stops from being our best self and be able to accomplish the impossible
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As someone who struggles with anxiety, it’s a big one for me!