Top Ten Favourite Book Quotes

Tuesday, May 8, 2012






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Top Ten Favourite Book Quotes:

Ahhhhh quotes...there are so stinkin' many of them, that I could really just do a whole series of these. Regardless of the genres they are in, I have loved all of these quotes for a good while. A good quote stays with you. It resonates. It makes you feel. Below are my top ten absolute all-time favourites.

1. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone

2. “You love me. Real or not real?” I tell him, “Real.” – Peeta & Katniss, Mockingjay

3. "I cannot fix on the hour, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun." – Mr. Darcy, Pride & Prejudice

4. “Some things have to be believed to be seen.” Japheth, Many Waters

5. “Every leaf has its shadow, and finally meets it when it falls.” – The Borning Room

6. “Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.” – Arthur Weasley, Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets

7. “Animals don't behave like men,' he said. 'If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill. But they don't sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures' lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality.” – Watership Down

8. “Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning to control your fear and how to be free from it. That’s the point.” – Four, Divergent

9. “I'd said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.”  – Rose, Blood Promise

10. “Generous deed should not be checked by cold counsel.” – Gandalf – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

29 comments:

  1. BAHAHAHA! I love the Rose quote! SO GOOD! <3 Rose and Dimitri

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  2. These quotes are classings! I love them muchly. I'd forgotten some of these two. SO MANY LINES IN BOOKS ARE SO GOOD! :D

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  3. OMG, 2 HP and a LOTR quote. I love today's Top Tuesday! :) 
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  4. I'm glad you like them! There are so many excellent quotes out there :)))

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  5. Ahhh yes...Rose & Dimitri :))) <3 doesn't get much better than that!

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  6. Love your quotes, but I am sorry to see Mr. Weasley's best line misquoted. It's "Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps it's brain".

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  7. Two great Harry P. quotes. I only had about 4 or so written down and I knew I loved more so I decided to skip. Everything Dumbledore says is either quoteworthy or makes me cry. haha And Watership Down. You know what? I'm adding this to my TBR list. We read it in high school and no one liked it for some reason and I can't remember why. But I am going to give it another round. Great list!

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  8. I knew I had it wrong - I've fixed it haha thank you :)

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  9. I wanted to do all HP quotes, but I figured I should do a lil' more than that ;) I DO hope you read Watership Down again...it's awesome!

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  10. Our first quotes are exactly the same :) That quote is my favorite of all time!

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  11. Aaaah! That first Harry Potter quote!!! LOVE it!!! :)

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  12. PEETA AND KATNISS!!!! I love them so much:) And Dumbledore is just brilliant isn't he? Now I kind of want to read all the Harry Potter books again:)

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  13. I was just on another post that had that quote from Dumbledore as their first one too! It's such a good quote. I really love the one from Arthur too, that is very sound advice.  :D

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  14. I am loving the quotes. :) I did my post using all Dumbledore Quotes. :D

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  15. Aw I'm so glad Rose from Vampire Academy made it! :D And of course, the ever so popular Katniss + Peeta. :) Great post!

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  16. FOUR!! And Blood Promise! Makes me want to reread the series, lol. :) Great list!

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  17. Aww I forgot about Rose... How the heck did I forget about Rose?? Loved all of your picks!
    My Top Ten

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  18. What fantastic quotes! I especially like the first one :)

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  19. Ohhh Peeta and Katniss! So sweet! I had such a struggle with this one that I did my own theme this week :)

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  20. I have you first three on my list too! I love Mr. Weasley's quote and all of your other ones are great! And I forgot LOTR!!! O.O

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  21. “Every leaf has its shadow, and finally meets it when it falls.” Wow. Awesome quotes. 

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  22. Mr. Darcy and Four in one list. Excellent choices, for sure. 









    Laura @ The Traveling Owl

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  23. I agree with all of the Jane Austen, Hunger Games, and Harry Potter quotes.  That is all.

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  24. Yay for Watership Down! The first HP quote is so iconic, although I love the brain one.

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