Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Brokeandbookish. This week’s theme is Top Ten Quotes I Loved From Books I Read In The Past Year Or So. Reading quotes may be one of my favorite things to do, once I’ve finished a book. Sometimes, when reading, I just stop randomly to take in the beautiful writing. Yes, I’m like that, so obviously this post wasn’t so hard to do…let’s take a look at some of my favorite quotes!
1 • The Beginning of Everything, Robyn Schneider
“Oscar Wilde once said that to live is the rarest thing in the world, because most people just exist, and that’s all. I don’t know if he’s right, but I do know that I spend a long time existing, and now, I intend to live.”
2 • Vanishing Girls, Lauren Oliver
“I wish that photographs were physical spaces, like tunnels; that you could crawl inside them and go back.”
3 • The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart
“It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can’t see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people.
She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her to be. That Bunny Rabbit is dead.”
4 • All The Bright Places, Jennifer Niven
““You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.”
5 • A Thousand Pieces of You, Claudia Gray
“I meant it when I said I didn’t believe in love at first sight. It takes time to really, truly fall for someone. Yet I believe in a moment. A moment when you glimpse the truth within someone, and the glimpse the truth within you. In that moment, you don’t belong to yourself any longer, not completely. Part of you belongs to him; part of him belongs to you. After that, you can’t take it back, no matter how much you want to, no matter how hard you try.”
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6 • Ignite Me, Tahereh Mafi
“His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving and he says, “I think,” he says, “my heart is going to explode,” and I wish, more than ever, that I knew how to capture moments like these and revisit them forever.
Because this.
This is everything.”
7 • Emmy & Oliver, Robin Benway
“Sometimes love isn’t something you say, it’s something you do.”
8 • Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli
“Why is straight the default? Everyone should have to declare one way or another, and it shouldn’t be this big awkward thing whether you’re straight, gay, bi, or whatever. I’m just saying.”
9 • Let’s get Lost, Ali Alsaid
“And maybe the only way to find what you’re looking for is to get lost along the way.”
10 • More Than This, Patrick Ness
“There’s always beauty, if you know where to look.”
I should really get the Beginning of Everything off my tBR hehe. Happy reading!
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You really should, it’s such a great book! 😀 Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂
ohhh these are all great! I have to say, any quote from A Thousand Pieces of You is bound to be a favorite of mine, I love that book so much! I also love the one from Simon and All the Bright Places 🙂
Here’s my TTT!!!
Thank you so much Caroline! 😀 A Thousand Pieces of You was such a great book, I can’t wait to read the second one 🙂
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I loved 1,2, and 7 on your list. 7 is my favorite I think.
My TTT
Thank you! It’s probably one of my favorite quotes ever. I just love this book so much 🙂
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Great choices! I love that Jennifer Niven quote. I was going to use it for my own Top Ten Tuesday, but settled on a quote from the same book!
This Jennifer Niven book is just so beautiful, and heartbreaking, too. Just so many emotions!
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Great list! I loved Let’s Get Lost. I loved how all those stories and characters were connected through seemingly random circumstances.
Thank you so much Maggie! Let’s Get Lost was a really great book, I loved that aspect of many characters and stories connecting this way 🙂
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I love, love the Emmy & Oliver quote and the Vanishing Girl quote!
I’m happy you like those! Thank you so much!! 😀
Simon. ignite Me, and More Than This ate my faves!
Aw, yay! Such great books, I fell in love with those this year. I can’t wait to read more from those AMAZING authors! 😀
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These quotes are all so brilliant! That Ignite Me quote makes me want to read it so damn bad!! Shatter Me on my Christmas Wishlist so hopefully I start that series really soon!
I love the Simon quote you used! That book is so quoteable!
Great list 🙂
Aw you should! Shatter Me is one of the best book series, and Tahereh Mafi’s writing style is unique. Some people had a hard time with it, but personally, I fell in love with it 🙂
Thank you so much Amy! 😀
So many awesome quotes on your list! 😀
I also really want to read pretty much all of these books! lol.
Haha, thank you! Well you should add them to your TBR, they’re all great reads! 😀 Thank you Ashley! 🙂
All the Bright Places and A Thousand Pieces of You are both pretty high on my TBR pile and your quotes make me even more excited to read them. Thanks for sharing!
My TTT: https://greenishbookshelf.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/top-10-tuesday-favorite-recent-book-quotes/
Aw, this makes me so happy to hear! I hope you’ll enjoy those books, they were great reads 😀
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I will definitely let you know! 🙂
Omg so many of these books are on my physical TBR. I really should get to them soon! I’ve been looking forward to reading Emmy & Oliver, Let’s Get Lost and A Thousand Pieces of You for ages!
Aw I’m glad to hear that! Read Emmy & Oliver!! It’s one of my favorite reads this year, I loved everything about it, and I need to talk about it!! 😀 Of course, Let’s Get Lost and A Thousand Pieces of You were great reads, too! Always so many books to read…the eternal struggle of the endless TBR, ahah!
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Aah those quotes make me want to read Emmy & Oliver and Shatter Me so bad! I had that quote from All the Bright Places too. Great list!
You really should read those, they are both amazing books! 😀 Thank you for stopping by! <3
Oh my goodness, the A Thousand Pieces of You quote! I cried so much reading it (not sure if hormones or really emotional??) but that quote really struck me, sent shivers up my spine.
I also love the Emmy and Oliver quote, though I haven’t read it! :c I know Jenna recommended it… ah so many books to read! Not enough brains and eyes. XD
It’s my favorite quote from this book, and if you’re emotional, then I am, too 😉 You should read Emmy & Oliver if you have some time, it was a great read, I would definitely recommend it! You’re so right ahah, there are too many books to read!!
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I absolutely adore these quotes! I can’t even decide which ones are my favourite. The Patrick Ness one, the Ignite Me quote and The Beginning of Everything quote are wonderful!
Great post Marie! ?
I’m so glad you like those! Thank you so much Josie! <3
That quote from Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda tho! SO ON POINT! Gaaah I really need to get my hands on it! 😀
Awww YES you really should read it!! It’s such a good book, and unlike some others, definitely worth all the hype! 😀
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These are all absolutely fantastic quotes! I particularly love the ones from Vanishing Girls, More Than This, and Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda. Wonderful choices 😀
Aw thank you, I’m so glad you like my choices! 😀 Thank you for stopping by!! 🙂