Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created by the team over at The Broke and The Bookish. This week I’m featuring quotes from ten of my favourite books that I’ve read this year. It was really hard to choose just one quote from each book because I love all of these books for their beautiful writing and the quotable quotes…so I did two for some of the books. XD
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Werner hears Marie-Laure inhale, Marie-Laure hears Werner scrape three fingernails across the wood, a sound not unlike the sound of a record coursing beneath the surface of a needle, their faces an arm’s reach apart.
He says, “Es-tu là?“
It was so difficult to choose just one quote from All The Light We Cannot See because it’s my favourite book of all time! So I chose a second one 😀 This quote is actually from a radio program that Werner listens to, and it spoke to me because I’m a psychology major and I love the brain.
The brain is locked in total darkness, of course, children, says the voice. It floats in a clear liquid inside the skull, never in the light. And yet the world it constructs in the mind is full of light. It brims with color and movement. So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Wasn’t it a miracle to have survived the unsurvivable? Wasn’t friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?
I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
Quick, make a wish.
Take a (second or third or fourth) chance.
Remake the world.
Winter by Marissa Meyer
It was unnerving, to think she was being psychoanalyzed by someone who frequently complained that the castle walls had started bleeding again.
This one made me swoon (and it’s directed at someone who you may not expect):
He didn’t apologize. Instead, he set his jaw and met her eye again. “I will protect Winter with my life. Second only to her, I promise to protect you too.”
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
You know it has to be a SnowBaz quote XD ❤
He’s still looking in my eyes. Staring me down like he did that dragon, chin tilted and locked. “I’m not the Chosen One,” he says.
I meet his gaze and sneer. My arm is a steel band around his waist. “I choose you,” I say. “Simon Snow, I choose you.”
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
“When you fight now, I will be still by you. When you walk in the world, I will be the light at your side, the ground steady under your feet, the force that drives the sword in your hand. We are bound, beyond the oath. The Marks did not change that. The oath did not change that. It merely gave words to something that existed already.”
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
“Stay,” he said, his voice rough stone. “Stay in Ketterdam. Stay with me.”
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
I’m not going to pretend I know how this ends, and I don’t have a freaking clue if it’s possible to fall in love over email. But I would really like to meet you, Blue. I want to try this. And I can’t imagine a scenario where I don’t want to kiss your face off as soon as I see you.
And I couldn’t not include this one:
“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.”
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Jase and Samantha are one of my favourite couples but I had to go with some George quotes. He’s just the most adorable 4 year old! He’s super knowledgeable, but also super paranoid haha.
“I like eggs and bacon,” George tells me. “But” – his face clouds – “do you know that bacon is” – tears leap to his eyes – “Wilbur?”
Mrs Garrett sits down next to him immediately. “George, we’ve been through this. Remember? Wilbur did not get made into bacon.”
“Then is bacon Babe, Mom? Is it Babe?”
And another great George moment:
“Is Jase already going to marry you?”
I start coughing again. “Uh. No. No, George. I’m only seventeen.” As if that’s the only reason we aren’t engaged.
“I’m this many,” George holds up four slightly grubby fingers. “But Jase is seventeen and a half. You could. Then you could live in here with him. And have a big family.”
Jase strides back into the room, of course, midway through this proposition. “George. Beat it. Discovery Channel is on.”
George backs out of the room, but not before saying, “His bed’s really comfortable. And he never pees in it.”
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn.
Thanks for reading. See you in my next post!
I keep hearing Marissa’s fairy tale retelling series is an amazing set of books. One of these days, I *will* read the Lunar Chronicles! 🙂
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It really is amazing! It’s my favourite series of all time (tied with Harry Potter, of course. Nothing beats Harry Potter). Winter just came out recently so you can totally marathon the whole series now!
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That’s my plan (to marathon the series), Jenna! 🙂 First, I just have to get over being intimidated by “Winter” and that page count.
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Haha, don’t be intimidated! Even though it’s 800+ pages, it’s so fast paced that you can just fly through it. I think I finished it in a day or two.
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Loving how you include the Carry On and Simon Vs. quotes. Both are excellent books and the quotes you chose are perfect!
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Omg I love those books so much! *cuddles both Simons to my chest* I could reread those books over and over again ❤
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Love a lot of these, but particularly like both Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda quotes. Swoon!
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I know right?! Simon and Blue will forever be one of my favourite couples. Definitely contenders for my OTP of the year award 😀
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These quotes are so good!! I’ve been really interested in read My Life Next Door and those quotes only make me more eager!!
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My Life Next Door is like a whole of book of those quotes! The characters are wonderful, and I just want to kidnap George and never let him go (okay, that was slightly creepy). The romance is also one of my favourites, and Jase is just the ultimate good guy and my dream boyfriend ❤ READ IT!
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Okay you’ve got me… I need to read this book asap!!
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A Winter quote!! My copy should be arriving in the mail at any time. 🙂
Check out my TTT.
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I hope you get it soon because Winter was AMAZING. Definitely by favourite SFF release of the year!
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Ah, amazing quotes! I’m loving seeing Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda around on lists. I adore that book.
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What’s not to like about that book? 🙂 I’m so happy to see that everybody in the community loves it as much as I do!
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I like those quotes from My Life Next Door, George sounds like a fun character. I also like the Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda ones, but I thought the entire book was quotable XD
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Haha, My Life Next Door is completely quotable too! There’s so much adorableness from the romance and from the characters! I love George so much! He’s just the cutest 4 year old ever ❤ I hope you check it out!
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omg, that clockwork princess quote nearly made me cry 😦
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I know! I was flipping through that whole section and was tearing up like crazy 😥
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I need to re-read the trilogy, my heart will break again, but who cares? it’s so beautiful!
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Amazing quotes from such amazing books! Ah, I really need to read I’ll Give You the Sun soon! New follower via Bloglovin 🙂
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I’ll Give You The Sun is my favourite YA of the year! I hope you give it a go soon 🙂
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Great Quotes! I’ll Give You The Sun is a book I definitely want to read!
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I absolutely love I’ll Give You The Sun! It’s my favourite YA novel that I’ve read this year, so I hope you give it a go soon 😀
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OMG JENNA THESE QUOTES 😍 I don’t think I’ve read any of the books from your list but the QUOTES. They are simply marvellous! Especially the one about the brain. That really speaks to me too!
Great picks this week for TTT!
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Clockwork Princess was on there and omg, searching for a quote made me cry all over again. I guess it’s still too soon for me to reread the trilogy. I’m tearing up from just thinking about it!
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Ahhhhh yesssss A Court of Thorns and Roses! I loved that book. I also love George from MLND he is so adorable! Great TTT!
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Yes! George is probably my favourite sibling in YA! He’s definitely the best 4 year old I’ve ever read about 😀 ❤
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I love all of your choices, Jenna! 😀 I really loved My Life Next Door, and the quotes you picked are great, I just love George, haha! 😀 I need to read I’ll Give You The sun, it seems like a fantastic read !
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Hehe, George was probably my favourite character in the book, even though I’m in love with Jase ❤ He was just the cutest sibling I've ever read about. I'll Give You The Sun is my favourite YA novel, so I hope you check it out! It has amazing writing and the plot is wonderful too.
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I am, too…we’ll have to find a way to share him, ahah 😛
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So many amazing Carry On quotes to choose from! Great list!
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I know! I had such a hard time choosing. I wanted to write down every single SnowBaz scene ❤
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I’ve been told I need to read All the Light We Cannot See because I’ve heard nothing but great things about the book. I’ll Give You The Sun is probably my favourite contemporary read of the year. George is without a doubt the cutest toddler in YA fiction. He’s can make anyone smile with his adorableness and wise words haha.
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All The Light We Cannot See is just the most amazing book! I love it so much and cannot recommend it more.
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great quotes! I love the one from Clockwork Princess 🙂 My TTT
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Omg that Clockwork Princess quote made me cry all over again 😥
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Love the quotes you chose! 😀
I had to include a Simon vs. quote in my post as well!
So many of these other books I really want to read!
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You should read them, Ashley! They’re my favourites of the year and I could read them over and over again ❤
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OMG this post brings back the feels especially over Simon & Baz, Simon and Blue and of course, ACOTAR! So many amazing quotes. Knowing how much you love All the Light we Cannot See now, makes me want to pick it up too!
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*cuddles Simons* ❤ ❤ ❤
I love All the Light We Cannot See so much. I feel like my life changed after reading that book. It was amazing *cries* Hehe, it'll probably take you a while to get around to reading it but I hope you pick it up one day!
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Love these quotes! I can’t wait to read Winter and find out who says those quotes! Also, love the Six of Crows quote!
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Winter will blow your mind! I guarantee it XD
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YES I LOVE ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE. AND I ALSO LOVE BRAINS. That first quote is my new favorite and I can’t believe I forgot about it, because I remember it made me so excited about Werner and Marie-Laure meeting!
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Exactly! It’s not even just that quote… it was that WHOLE PAGE. I remember reading it and feeling so overwhelmed because it was a description of what all the characters were doing at that exact moment… but everything that was going on in the world felt so insignificant because Werner and Marie-Laure were just standing there, about to meet *cries* T_T
This book is just amazing.
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The Lunar chronicles is one of my 2016 goals.
And when I see this quote of Winter I can hardly wait.
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Omg you absolutely need to read The Lunar Chronicles! It’s my favourite series of all time and it’s completely binge-worthy! They’re really fast-paced so it’s perfect for a series marathon!
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