This week's topic is top ten favorite quotes from books. To be honest, I think this is an incredibly difficult topic since there are SO MANY quotes that I love.
I decided to pick quotes solely from books off my list to make things a little easier. Here I go! (these are in no particular order).
- “My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.” David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- “I was just a screw or cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else.” The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
- "Muse, daughter of Zeus, Start from where you will-Sing for our time too." The Odyssey by Homer
- “I always want to know the things one shouldn't do." "So as to do them?" asked her aunt. "So as to choose." said Isabel." The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
- "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost." The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
- "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact." The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- “Blow the candle out, I don't need to see what my thoughts look like.” Germinal by Emile Zola
- "Yes, Lucy, I would choose to marry him. I think it would be the best and highest lot got me-to make his life happy. He loved me first. No one else could be quite what he is to me. But I can't divide myself from my brother for life. I must go away and wait. Pray, don't speak to me again about it." The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
- "A body's got to have something all their own." The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow
- “I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.” The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
First time doing this and it's great fun seeing everyone's favorite quotes. Love, love, love the Edith Wharton and Henry James quotes. I thought of listing the James one too, but ran out of available slots.
ReplyDeleteI am so bad at collecting quotes.
ReplyDeleteOoh - just got to finally see your new background! It's been a few days since I was here. Looks pretty!
SUCH great quotes!!! I'm gonna have to look back through my blog/journal if I'm going to complete the meme this week. I'm so scattered!
ReplyDelete#4! Wow, I need to read that book.
ReplyDeleteSame for me! Sounds like my autobiography :)
DeleteI couldn't resist doing this one today too! I love quotes. The ones you picked are just wonderful. I highlighted many of the same passages (David Copperfield, House of Mirth, Portrait of a Lady, LOTR). Also, love the new background.
ReplyDelete"I see everything twice!" The Soldier who sees everything twice from Catch-22.
ReplyDeleteOk so now you have me ashamed that some of these have been collecting major dust on my TBR shelf!! David Copperfield, Painted Viel! Wow what great quotes you've gathered. :)
ReplyDeleteYeah! Someone else posted the quote I picked from LOTR! I love that series, so much to quote from it.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I've done this one for Top 10 Tuesday before.. Ah, well, I've read quite a few books since then, so maybe I can find some new quotes to share. I'll post mine a little later today. It's been far too long since I've participated, and sharing quotes is always one of my favorite things.
ReplyDeleteI love this one -> "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost." ...my sister used to have it on a bumper sticker!
My goodness, I love that quote from The Portrait of a Lady AND the one from The Fellowship of the Ring. I haven't read either of these books, but they are in my TBR pile. You've made me even more excited to finally get to them!
ReplyDeleteFantastic list! Love The Painted Veil quote :)
ReplyDeleteAngela @ AJ Arndt Books
It's been a long time since I read The Portrait of a Lady, but that quotation reminds me of why I thought it was a fabulous read!
ReplyDeleteLove the one from David Copperfield (haven't read the book though).
ReplyDeleteLove that Portrait of a Lady quote. That may just prompt me to read it, assuming it's all as good as that line.
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