Favourite Book Quotes (other than HP)

[JJFinch]

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect." - Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (and incidentally the most fatally boring book I've ever had the misfortune to be forced to read).

[Fury]

Brsingr - Christopher Paolini

1. "'Well, be that as it may, these are reasons you give me, Eragon, and the heart rarely listens to reason. Do you fancy her or not?'
If he fancied her any more, Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself." --p25

2. "Have I ever told you how glad I am we're not enemies? Eragon asked.
No, but it's very sweet of you." --p717

3. "A soft growl emanated from Saphira, and she said, Be careful whom you call Sheepbiter, Eragon, or you might get bitten yourself.
Yes, Saphira." --p721

4. "'You should not abandon your guards so lightly,' Arya murmured in Eragon's left ear. She wrapped her sword arm around his waist and held him tightly as Saphira wheeled above the courtyard." --p722

5. "A league farther upstream, the Varden were packed against the Jiet River like a herd of red deer against the edge of a cliff. The Varden had arrived at the crossing yesterday, and since then. perhaps a third of the men-who-were-friends and the Urgals-who-were-friends and the horses-she-must-not-eat had forded the river"

"Horses-she-must-not-eat had me rolling!!!

6. "'Top that if you can,' he said, and pointed to the inside of his thighs. A riotous combination of colors mottled his skin, as if Eragon were an exotic fruit that was ripening in uneven patches from crabapple green to putrefied purple.
'Ouch,"said Roran.'What happened?'
'I jumped off Saphira when we were fighting Murtagh and Thorn in the air. That's how I wounded Thorn. Saphira managed to dive under me and catch me before I hit the ground, but I landed on her back a bit harder than I wanted to.'
Roran winced and shivered at the same time. 'Does it go all the way . . . ' He trailed off, and made a vague gesture upward.
'Unfortunately.'" -pg 30

7. "You named your sword Fire? Fire? What kind of boring name is that? You might as well name your sword Blazing Blade and be done with it. Fire Indeed! Humph" - Angela to Eragon, pg721.

8. "The mighty warrior is nervous ere his contest," observed Isold,
on of the six women next to Eragon. The group laughed.
"Perhaps," Brigitte said stirring water into flour, " he is worried
his sword may bend in the battle."

9. "Yes! I'm moving as fast as I can! It doesn't help you're so blasted big!

She growled." - pg. 308

10. "A dragonfly buzzed over her head, and not for the first time she wondered what could have possibly inspired some feebleminded runtling to name the insect after her race. It looks nothing like a dragon, she grumbled, then drifted off into a light sleep." - pg. 462

11. 'Of course not. You just surprised me. I am.......ah, somewhat preoccupied at the moment.
She studied the colour of his emotions, as well as those of Katrina and was amused by her findings.'

Also Saphira's hiccups...

[Voldemorts8thHorcrux]

Dresden Files: Dead Beat by Jim butcher

Harry Dresden:

"Thomas is too pretty to die, I'm too stubborn to die and Polka will never die. Repeat after me POLKA WILL NEVER DIE"

or something along those lines

[Leto]

“The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.” Sun Tzu ~ The Art of War

[Caliope]

From Dan Brown's Angels and Demons: "Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some of us go to Mecca, some of us study subatomic particles. In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves."

And from Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat: "Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds – justifications, confirmations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind."

[FireSlytherin]

Twilight:
"About three things I was absolutely positive about:
First, Edward was a vampire
Secondly, there was a part of him and I didn't know how dominant that part might be, that thirsted for my blood
Thirdly, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him...


Animal Farm
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.


These are my favorite quotes.

[MmeBergerac]

"One's conscience can't be ruled by the criterion of the majority". Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird.

[BubblyShell22]

Here's one from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

"Are you casting aspersions on my butt?"

"Oh, Carma, you know I envy it. I just don't think these pants are going to fit over it."

That was a scene between Carmen and Tibby.

[Loucura]

Animal Farm
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

I remember that quote. It was a very suitable end to the book. It makes you think doesn't it?

Some of my favourites are:

"Do me a favour, don't ever bring morality into what we do here."--On the Jellicoe Road, By Melina Marchetta

(I can't exactly remember how this goes...)
"So I guess this is the part where you do the heroic thing and rip off a piece of your shirt to bandage my arm?"
"If you wanted me to rip my clothes off, you should've said so."
--City of Bones, By Cassandra Clare

"Desire is not always lessened by disgust. Nor can it be bestowed like a favour, to those most deserving of it."--City of Ashes, By Cassandra Clare

[ginger1]

"To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful."

The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

[Rush]

I've got a few Lord of the Rings quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - Bilbo Baggins

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?" - Gandalf

"You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass." - Gandalf

"The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the abyss, and they shall fear him. We will go where he leads." - Aragorn

Those are just a few of my favourites.

[joyjoy111]

Another Lord of the Rings quote, from Frodo and Sam in The Two Towers:

"I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales."
"What?"
"I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say, 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories.' 'Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of Hobbits. And that's saying a lot.'"
"Well, you've left out one of the chief characters: Samwise the Brave. 'I want to hear more about Sam. Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam.'"
"Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn't make fun, I was being serious."
"So was I."

[lilyrose]

Originally Posted by Caliope

From Dan Brown's Angels and Demons: "Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some of us go to Mecca, some of us study subatomic particles. In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves."

That's a great quote and an awesome book!

Originally Posted by MmeBergerac

"One's conscience can't be ruled by the criterion of the majority". Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Another brilliant one!

Some more of my favourite quotes:

"Change is one thing. Acceptance is another."
— The God of Small Things ( Arundhati Roy )

"And there it was again. Another religion turned against itself. Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature."
— The God of Small Things ( Arundhati Roy )

“Midnight has many children; the offspring of Independence were not all human. Violence, corruption, poverty, generals, chaos, greed, and pepperpots…. I had to go into exile to learn that the children of midnight were more varied than I—even I—had dreamed.”
- Midnight's Children ( Salman Rushdie)

[padfootrules]

All morons hate it when you call them morons - Holden Caulfield
Catcher in the Rye

[Green_Arrow]

Originally Posted by Saoirse

"The coward dies a thousand deaths, the hero dies but one" - Ernest Hemmingway A Farewell to Arms

[arithmancer]

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
--Lois McMaster Bujold, "A Civil Campaign"

[Green_Arrow]

This is from The Forbidden Kingdom:

Lu Yan: If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live? I would rather die a mortal, who has a care for someone, than a man free from his own death.

And another from The Silmarillion:

"Yet the lies that Melkor...sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days."

[Radish_Earrings]

One of my favourites from The Dresden files, Storm Front

"Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face"

[Vig]

This Quote is the tagline of the book 'Quiver full of Arrows':

"A Quiver full of arrows with everyone on target."

[JJFinch]

Originally Posted by Radish_Earrings

One of my favourites from The Dresden files, Storm Front

"Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face"

I've never read the Dresden Files - in fact I know absolutely nothing about them...can someone summarise for me?