I was nominated by Tami Clayton for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Read her post titled My Seven Favorite Young Adult Novels. I am such a fan of her blog. Thanks, Tami, for nominating me.
Rules:
I would like to follow her lead and list seven favorites. Here' s my list of books that have those beautiful, articulate phrases that linger past the end of reading the book. These are some of the most quoteworthy books I've read.
My nominated bloggers to receive this award are:
Rules:
- thank the person who nominated me
- nominate bloggers whom I find inspiring
- list seven things about myself
I would like to follow her lead and list seven favorites. Here' s my list of books that have those beautiful, articulate phrases that linger past the end of reading the book. These are some of the most quoteworthy books I've read.
My nominated bloggers to receive this award are:
- Mike Schulenberg at http://mikeschulenberg.com/ because he inspires me with humor. This man is a riot.
- Medeia Sharif at http://www.medeiasharif.com/ because she inspires me with being well-read. The woman reads books at a breakneck speed while making progress on her writing. Be amazed.
- Sharon Clare at http://romancebeyond.com/ because she inspires me with romance. Blatant promo warning...Read my review of her new release: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/380869445
- Florence Fois at http://ramblingsfromtheleft.wordpress.com/ because she inspires me with her big city knowledge. *I started singing New York, New York in my head. Sorry.*
- Hildie McQueen at http://www.hildiemcqueen.com/?page_id=4315 because she inspires me with organized handbags and shoes. I'd like to see her closet.
- Elaine Couglar at http://elainecougler.wordpress.com/ because she inspires me to embrace all the facets of writing and research. She's also a techie!
- Tonja at http://tonjasmusings.blogspot.com/ because she inspires me with her dedication to the writing details while a sweet little boy keeps it real.
Seven Books with Quotes I Love
“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
“He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world.
She was the book thief without the words.
Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
“I say, 'I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick.'
Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, 'It's late for that, Puck.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races
“I hear laughter and someone asks if I need help, not in a nice way. I snarl, "What I need is for your mother to have thought a little harder nine months before your birthday.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races
“There are moments that you'll remember for the rest of your life and there are moments that you think you'll remember for the rest of your life, and its not often they turn out to be the same moment.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races
Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, 'It's late for that, Puck.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races
“I hear laughter and someone asks if I need help, not in a nice way. I snarl, "What I need is for your mother to have thought a little harder nine months before your birthday.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races
“There are moments that you'll remember for the rest of your life and there are moments that you think you'll remember for the rest of your life, and its not often they turn out to be the same moment.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races
“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“when things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. it's because a little piece gets lost -- the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. the whole shape has changed.”
― David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“Maybe tonight you're scared of falling, and maybe there's somebody here or somewhere else you're thinking about, worrying over, fretting over, trying to figure out if you want to fall, or how and when you're gonna land, and I gotta tell you, Friends, to stop thinking about the landing, because it's all about falling.”
― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“Love makes you want to be a better man. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
“Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
“Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
“Go then, there are other worlds than these.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger
“Time's the thief of memory”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger
“I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger
“Time's the thief of memory”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger
“I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger
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