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Top Ten Inspiring Quotes from Books
I can't say that I've found quotes that are extremely inspiring. A lot of times I highlight quotes and dialogue in the books I read because they stand out for one reason or another. A lot of other times, they're just really witty one-liners that made me smile or laugh out loud.
I really doubt the legitimacy of how inspiring I found a lot of these quotes, but they were certainly some of my favorites.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
-- From Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J.K. Rowling
"'Begin at the beginning,' the King said, very gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'"
-- From Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
"My mama used to say, 'Are you sad? Then just wait a minute.'"
-- Dashti from Book of a Thousand Days
by Shannon Hale
"Silence was never a wrong answer."
-- From The Dream Thieves
by Maggie Stiefvater
"A lot of people don't get my humor. My mom calls it dry humor. I think that means 'not funny', but it also means I'm the only one who ever knows it's a joke."
-- Caymen from The Distance Between Us
by Kasie West
"I don't care when people think I'm an antisocial, controlling bookworm because that's what I am. It's when they interpret me wrong that I have a problem."
-- Addie from Pivot Point
by Kasie West
"You have a big decision and it will not make itself."
-- From The Raven Boys
by Maggie Stiefvater
"My words are unerring tools of destruction, and I've come unequipped with the ability to disarm them."
-- Gansey from The Raven Boys
by Maggie Stiefvater
"She wasn't interested in telling other people's futures. She was interested in going out and finding her own."
-- From The Raven Boys
by Maggie Stiefvater
"I'm perfectly capable of being stupid on my own."
-- Alina from Siege and Storm
by Leigh Bardugo
-- Honorable Mentions --
"My bookcase is all yours."
"I've just decided that those are my favorite five words in the world."
-- (Trevor and Addie) From Pivot Point -- Kasie West
"It takes at least three assassination attempts to scare me off. And even then, if there are baked goods involved, I might come back."
-- (Wesley Ayers)From The Archived -- Victoria Schwab
"Fairy's Side Note:
Mortal girls will overlook a piñata full of faults if a guy is considerate enough to be handsome."
-- (Chrysanthemum Everstar) From My Unfair Godmother -- Janette Rallison
"Dreaming led to disappointment, and disappointment to a kind of depressed funk that wasn't easy to shake. Better to stay in the gray than get eaten by the dark."
-- (Ruby) From The Darkest Minds -- Alexandra Bracken
"You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice? Just because there are alternatives doesn't mean they apply to you."
-- (Cassie) From The Fifth Wave -- Rick Yancey
"I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person."
-- Oscar Wilde
I also wanted to include a quote from a K-drama series I especially liked:
"Do You know what I mean by 'we're all human'?
We all become the same thing when we die."
-- (Arang) From Arang and the Magistrate -- 2012 Korean Television Drama
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