What's your favorite quote or quotes? (citations required)

tortoise keeper · Post by **tortoise keeper** » 02 Mar 2016, 10:52

"It takes courage to grow up and be who you truly are." E.E. Cummings.

Daphni · Post by **Daphni** » 02 Mar 2016, 12:05

Katy_Moose wrote:
How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?
George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows, pg.174 said by Jaime Lannister

That was one of my favourite quote too.
But if I had to pick one that reflects me it would have to be :

Asha: Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?
Rodrik: How else? Though not till I'm done reading.

George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows, said by Rodrik and Asha Greyjoy

Sam+ · Post by **Sam+** » 07 Mar 2016, 19:17

If you'll kiss me back," he whispered huskily, brushing his lips along the curve of her jaw, lips along the curve of her jaw, "I'll make it six
million. If you'll go to bed with me tonight," he continued, losing himself in the scent of her perfume and the softness of her skin, "I'll give you the world. But if you'll move in with me," he continued, dragging his mouth across her cheek to the corner of her lips, "I'll do much better than that."

Unable to turn her face farther because his arm was in the way, and unable to turn her body because his body was in the way, Meredith tried to infuse disdain in her voice and simultaneously ignore the arousing touch of his tongue against her ear. "Six million dollars and the whole world!" she said in a slightly shaky voice. "What else could you possibly give me if I move in with you?" "Paradise." Lifting his head, Matt took her chin between his thumb and forefinger and forced her to meet his gaze. In an aching, solemn voice he said, "I'll give you paradise on a gold platter. Anything you want— everything you want. I come with it, of course. It's a package deal." Meredith wallowed audibly, mesmerized by the melting look in his silver eyes and the rich timbre of his deep voice. "We'll be a family," he continued, describing the paradise he was offering while he bent his head to her again. "We'll have children ... I'd like six," he teased, his lips against her temple. "But I'll settle for one. You don't have to decide now." She drew in a ragged breath and Matt decided he'd pushed matters as far as he dared for one night. Straightening abruptly, he chucked her under her chin. "Think about it," he suggested with a grin.

Paradise by judith Macnaught

VinuW · Post by **VinuW** » 11 Mar 2016, 22:50

And so we all matter - maybe less than a lot, but always more than none.

John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 13 Mar 2016, 20:37

"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet" - Mahatma Gandhi.

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 14 Mar 2016, 19:06

Concerning the use of other people's work: Newton once said "If I have seen further it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants." Of course the implication is that we take what others have created/discovered and add our own elements to make something new. The best way I have ever heard this phrased was by Eric Hoffer when he said ....

To create is to steal. When a cow eats grass the cow does not become grass, the grass becomes a cow.

Eric Hoffer

Regrettably I cannot remember the book where this comes from to cite it but I remember that I liked it so much when I came across it in one of his books that I immediately committed it to memory. He has a thousand aphorisms that are worth reading. You can find some of them by going to Wikiquote and entering his name.

ReadDear · Post by **ReadDear** » 15 Mar 2016, 04:14

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself...

–George Bernard Shaw

Hsvaenanna · Post by **Hsvaenanna** » 15 Mar 2016, 22:31

Two of my favorite quotes are from the same author: Kristin Hannah. Although in every genre, there are too many good ones to count. Anyway,
"In love, we find our who we want to be. In war, we find out who we are." The Nightingale: Kristin Hannah
And another one by her I love is:
"We are what we do and say, not what we intend to."
The Winter Garden: Kristin Hannah

meg6609 · Post by **meg6609** » 17 Mar 2016, 08:19

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss

Raven Potter · Post by **Raven Potter** » 17 Mar 2016, 10:05

My favorite quote is from Albert Einstein

A question that sometimes drives me hazy; Am I or are the others crazy?

I'm not quite sure if this is strictly book quotes, but um... I'm sure this is in a book somewhere???

The_Lord_of_Light · Post by **The_Lord_of_Light** » 19 Mar 2016, 17:25

You either win the game of thrones, or die.

Tyrion Lannister

RebelTaz · Post by **RebelTaz** » 19 Mar 2016, 18:12

I have several favorites...

"First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out.
Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out.
Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out.
And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me."

--- attributed to Martin Niemoller

“Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”

--- Benjamin Franklin

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

--- attributed to Voltaire

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

--- attributed to Albert Einstein

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

--- T. S. Eliot, The Hollow Men

and last, but most certainly not least....

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,
it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as
to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost
in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure."

--- Thomas Jefferson

Jojowrites4All · Post by **Jojowrites4All** » 22 Mar 2016, 21:22

Colleen Hoover, November 9, pg.68 Goals are achieved through discomfort and hard work (Fallon)

Gravy · Post by **Gravy** » 26 Mar 2016, 04:27

The world is going to get in the way sometimes. That's what the world does. What you have to do, what you have to be prepared to do, is plant your feet and tell the world that you're not going to be the one who gives ground.

One thing I've learned is that people who love and accept you are worth their weight in silver bullets. You hold them fast, and you never let them go.

Both by Seanan McGuire, both from Chaos Choreography.

Carrie1861 · Post by **Carrie1861** » 26 Mar 2016, 14:27

“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