Sure, we all have favourite books (or series in my case) but what about favourite quotes?
Well, I’ve thought about it and decided to share some of my faves with you. (Also, side point, I have a real issue spelling the word. I really want to spell it...qoutes. Every. Single. Time).
Some of them don’t mean much without the context of the book, but they mean a lot to me, so there you go! Others are classics that you might recognise immediately.
I’m sure there must be more, but I’ve never made a habit of remembering quotes from my favourite books. Maybe I will keep adding to the list, adding my new favourites and old remembered ones along the way. Either way, please enjoy!
Quotes
‘“Am I mad?” “I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers! But I’ll tell you a secret… all of the best people are!”’ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
‘“You might, without my crediting it, fall deeply in love and forever, with some warped hunchback whelped in the gutter. I should equally stop you from taking him.”’ Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate
‘“Every other woman since Eve has asked to be loved more than honour. But not you.”’ Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate
‘“I have begun to eat,” said Francis Crawford. “And I have begun to slake my thirst. But in you I have found a banquet under the heavens that will serve me for ever.”’ Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate
‘“But the songs were for her daughter. And the passion, for ever.”’ Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate
‘No mourners, no funerals’ Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
‘One flesh, one end, bitch.’ Tamsyn Muid, Gideon the Ninth
‘And though she be but little, she is fierce’ Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream
Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again. And then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked I cried to dream again. Shakespeare, The Tempest
‘A truth that’s told with bad intent,
Beats all the lies you can invent’ William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
“Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it." "No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronising is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.” Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
Friends and Family favourite quotes
‘I hope she'll be a fool- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool’ Great Gatsby
‘Whatever our souls are made of his & mine are the same’ Wuthering Heights
‘Oh please don't go - we'll eat you up - we love you so’ Where the Wild Things Are
'We are not always what we seem & hardly ever what we dream' The Last Unicorn
'You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think,' Winnie the Pooh
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