Favourite Book Quotes

Guest Author: Elaine White

This article is by Elaine White. All opinions are her own.

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"Over Treasure Island" I let my fire die in winter without knowing that I was freezing."

An Edinburgh Eleven ~ J.M. Barrie

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“I thought if you knew. you'd kill him.
I nearly did. I nearly killed you too. The trouble with death is - his lips twisted - it's so final.”

Blood on Silk ~ Marie Treanor

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The people that shape you rest like heavy stones in your heart. Unmoving, not changing, just there.

Of Gods and Monsters: Menoetius ~ Wulf Francu Godgluck

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"I like my tea like I like my men. Strong, sweet and dark." - Bridget

"I like my tea like I like my men too. Still warm." - Joan

Bridget and Joan's Diary ~ Bridget Golightly

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"It's a gift beyond price, to know you are loved, without conditions, without limits, without end."

Home Work ~ Kaje Harper

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"I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul. God keep me, if only for the sake of those dear to me!"

Dracula ~ Bram Stoker

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"Are we all agreed? Excellent. Then Peabody had better retire to her bed; she is clearly in need of recuperative sleep, she has not made a sarcastic remark for fully ten minutes."

Crocodile on the Sandbank ~ Elizabeth Peters

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"Life without risks is like a burrito without Tabasco. Bland, but you’ll still fart."

Reprobate ~ Martyn V. Halm

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"“I don't know who you are; you could be an axe murderer for all I know. How am I supposed to trust you and follow you? For that matter, follow you where?" Gabe inquired.

"Search yourself, what do your instincts tell you?" Uri asked.

"That you're a crazy nut job and freaking me out!" Gabe snapped back."

Sacred Bloodlines ~ Wendy Owens

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"“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”"

Pride and Prejudice ~ Jane Austen

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"Lena's hair was sticking out in about fifteen directions, and her eyes were all small and puffy from crying. So this was what girls looked like in the morning. I had never seen one, not up close."

Beautiful Creatures ~ Kami Garcia

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"We live as we dream--alone...."

Heart of Darkness ~ Joseph Conrad

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"People are intimidated by a man who acts with no apparent regard for consequences. Behave as if you cannot be touched and no one will dare to touch you."

Assassin's Apprentice ~ Robin Hobb

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"Cedric smiled and sat back again. 'You only think that because you think heroes always win. Trust me on this one, James. A hero isn’t defined by winning. Loads of heroes die in the effort. Most of them never get any recognition. No, a hero is just somebody who does the right thing when it would be far, far easier to do nothing."

James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing ~ G. Norman Lippert

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""She is like the wind, open and free. If I cage the wind, would it die?"

"Then don't cage it, Mikhail. Trust it to stay beside you.""

Dark Prince ~ Christine Feehan

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