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Hello! It’s Tuesday again, and time for another Top Ten Tuesday! Today’s topic was supposed to be Extraordinary Book Titles, but… I couldn’t really think of any. I can think of titles that I find boring as snot, but not really that many that jump out at me. So… since I started a book journal earlier this year and write down book quotes I love, I’ll feature some of my favorite book quotes! In April I did a Top Ten Tuesday topic called Book Quotes that Move Me, but I’ll include different quotes this week.

Top Ten Tuesday, as always, is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl!

It’s like you have this paintbrush, dipped in brilliant mauves and teals and golds, and you just totally redid my monochromatic life.
When Dimple Met Rishi, p. 377

I thought this was a beautiful quote.

Could death ever truly be honorable? It was always a loss, a period instead of a comma.
The Tiger at Midnight, p. 283

The thought of the end of someone’s life being a period at the end of one’s story struck me.

dreams can’t come true if you don’t have them.
Rebel, loc. 2163 (taken from the ARC)

I always love quotes about dreaming big and going for the big goals.

Great danger is always associated with great power. The difference between the great and the mediocre is that the great are willing to take that risk.
The Poppy War, p.320

I’m finding so many great quotes in my book journal that I could probably do several of these Top Ten Tuesday posts!

Evil never came dressed as a devil; evil came disguised as a dream, as tempting as the shiny red apples they’d once consumed.
The Evil Queen, loc. 59 (taken from the ARC).

The Evil Queen had quite a few great quotes in it.

I knew than that we were like two pieces of cloth, sewn together for life. Our stitches couldn’t be undone.
Spin the Dawn, loc. 4391 (taken from the ARC).

Reading this quote makes me get excited for Unravel the Dusk, which comes out next year!

The more I got to know people, the more I realized we were all just a bunch of frightened idiots walking around in the dark, bumping into each other and panicking for no reason at all.
A Very Large Expanse of Sea, p. 309

This book takes place after 9/11. A lot of people were antagonistic towards the protagonist, but at the same time, the main character did seem to keep people at a distance. She eventually learned to give people a chance.

I couldn’t very well free myself from my own nightmares by bringing Akos’s to life.
Carve the Mark, p. 455

They place the face of their enemy onto the face of their neighbor, and thus are generations of misery assured.
City of Ashes, p. 401

Some of the reasons why people choose to hate others are pretty silly.

How many boards would the Mongols board if the Mongol horde got bored?
This is How You Lose the Time War – p. 34 (taken from the ARC)

One of the characters traveled back to the time of the Mongols and taught them how to make lumber mills.

So that’s today’s Top Ten Tuesday. What book titles do you really like? Do you have a favorite book quote? Next week we’re going to talk about books I’d give different titles to. Maybe I’ll be able to think of book titles for that one. See you next week!

Hello! ::waves:: It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for Top Ten Tuesday. Today’s Top Ten Tuesday Topic is supposed to be “Inspirational/Thought-Provoking Book Quotes” but I’m going to twist that idea just a smidge and post about Book Quotes that Move Me today instead. I just started a book journal, where I write down reactions to things I read/quotes, just recently, so you’ll probably see most of my quotes from there.

As always, Top Ten Tuesday is Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! Let’s get started:

And that’s when I realize that, at the end, we’d all wish for the same thing.
Just a little more time.
Wildcard, p. 316 – Marie Lu

This quote puts me in tears almost every time I think of it. I also almost always think of the same person when I think of this quote: my grandma. I never really got to say goodbye to her.

Sometimes our heroes don’t make it to the end.
Ruin and Rising, dedication – Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo dedicated Ruin and Rising to her dad with this quote. So sad!

I hope that your dreams, whatever they may be, come true. I hope you pursue those dreams with your whole heart; I hope you work toward them no matter how long it takes, no matter how unlikely the odds.
Kingdom of Ash, p. 984 (acknowledgements) – Sarah J. Maas

This was part of the note that Sarah J. Maas left to her readers in the acknowledgements. I thought it was inspirational.

Warning: Potentially Spoilery Quote Ahead!

I don’t need immortality. You’re my forever.
Finale (ARC), loc. 5162 – Stephanie Garber

When I read this quote, my heart just melted. Such a sweet thing for someone to say.

Sometimes the most impossible things are the things most worth fighting for.
The Land of Yesterday, p. 238 – K.A. Reynolds

Although this is a quirky little middle grade book, there are some beautiful, thoughtful quotes in here.

Maybe your soul didn’t break like a bone. Maybe it broke like a promise.
King of Fools (ARC), loc. 5318 – Amanda Foody

People don’t purposely try to become bad people. It just happens. One bad decision after bad decision. This quote speaks a truth to me in that regard.

Perhaps all monsters were heroes in their own eyes.
Blood Heir (ARC), loc. 1632 – Amélie Wen Zhao

I try to keep this in mind when I deal with people. Most people think that they’re good people. We’re all just dealing with the difficult things that life throws at us. Maybe realizing that can help us be more compassionate towards the people we disagree with.

You’re going to see a lot of it. People getting ahead unfairly because of the category into which they were born: male or white or straight or rich.
When Dimple Met Rishi, p. 347 – Sandhya Menon

I guess this is another unavoidable fact of life. While it’s true that we need to take advantage of our gifts, what’s not okay is when we cheat while doing so.

I remind myself that my voice was strong and change had to start with me.
No Place Like Here (ARC), loc. 2617 – Christina June

This is a good thing for anybody to remember. If you want to make a change in your life, or the world, then change has to start with you.

Maybe the thing no one had told her about growing up, was that nobody ever really became the person they’d wanted to be.
The Devouring Gray (ARC), loc. 1654 – Christine Lynn Herman

Do kids ever say, when they’re really little, “I want to be a junkie when I grow up!” or “I want to be homeless!” or “I want to go to prison!” No. We all want to be heroes or famous or someone that will do good in the world. But not all of us become the people we dream to be.

Bonus Quote:

Most people live their lives as if the end were always years away. They measure their days in love, laughter, accomplishment and loss. There are moments of sunshine and storm. There are schedules, phone calls, careers. Anxieties, joys, exotic trips, favorite foods, romance, shame, and hunger.
A person can be defined by clothing, the smell of his breath, the way she combs her hair. The shape of his torso, or even the company she keeps.
All over the world, children love their parents and yearn for love in return. They revel in the touch of parental hands on their faces. And even on the worst of days, each person has dreams about the future. Dreams that sometimes come true.
Such is life. Yet life can end in less time than it takes to draw one breath.
Killing Kennedy, end of chapter 24 (audiobook) – Bill O’Reilly

That passage just spoke to me when I heard it.

So those are some book quotes that stood out to me, most of them recently. I can’t wait to see what quotes you use this week (I bet there will be many unique ones). Next week we’re going to talk about characters that remind me of myself.

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