Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Quotes

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic: 
Favorite Book Quotes 
Welcome to this week's Top Ten Tuesday, where I prove what a rebel I am by sharing not ten but twelve of my favorite book quotes. #totalbadass




But if I’m it, the last of my kind, the last page of human history, like hell I’m going to let the story end this way. I may be the last one, but I am the one still standing. I am the one turning to face the faceless hunter in the woods on an abandoned highway. I am the one not running but facing. Because if I am the last one, then I am humanity. And if this is humanity’s last war, then I am the battlefield.
The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey

So I’m not about to apologize for loving all these things about you, no matter the reasons or the circumstances behind them. And no, I don’t need days, or weeks, or months to think about why I love you. It’s an easy answer for me. I love you because of you.
because of
every
single
thing
about you.
Point of Retreat, Colleen Hoover

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
(Note: This happens to be my favorite quote ever.)
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories, Oscar Wilde

You look so blindingly cute right now, I feel like I need to make a pinhole in a piece of paper just to look at you.
Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell


When the day shall come that we do part, if my last words are not “I love you’, ye’ll ken it was because I didna have time.
The Fiery Cross, Diana Gabaldon

I would always rather be happy than dignified.
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

I know what I think, but people don’t want you to say what you think. They want you to say what they think. And knowing what that is isn’t easy.
A List of Cages, Robin Roe

I haven’t had a very good day. I think I might still be hung over and everyone’s dead and my root beer’s gone.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black



From now on I will only address people by nodding at them.

That’s stupid, why would you do that?

Because it says that ‘I am a badass and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.’
City of Glass, Cassandra Clare

She “loved me” in quotations.
She kissed me in bold.
I TRIED TO KEEP HER in all caps.
She left with an ellipsis…
November 9, Colleen Hoover

You love me. Real or not real?
I tell him, “Real.”
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
“Pooh” he whispered.
“Yes, Piglet?”
“Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. “I just wanted to be sure of you.”
The House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Milne


Have you read any of these books?

37 comments

  1. That Fangirl quote is so nerdy and adorable. I love it! Gosh! These are all really good. I need to keep better track of my quotes. I used to add them to GR, but I let it slide.

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    1. Fangirl has so many cute/funny/adorable lines. And thank goodness for GoodReads keeping track of my favorite quotes. Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to throw this post together at the last minute. LOL

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  2. I like the Jane Eyre quote-haven't read any of these.
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  3. Aww I love these! And having a Mockingjay quote is perfect, of course! The 5th Wave one is great too- I hadn't remembered that one, but I love it! Wonderful choices!

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    1. Now who would have though you would zone in on the Mockingjay quote? 😉 I actually never continued the series beyond The 5th Wave but that quote still stuck with me.

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  4. I've definitely read Jane Eyre, it's been awhile, but I do like that quote. I also like the one from November 9. :)

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    1. It’s been so many years since I read Jane Eyre. I know I’ve forgotten a lot.
      I love that quote from November 9. It always struck me as being so clever. :)

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  5. When the day shall come that we do part, if my last words are not “I love you’, ye’ll ken it was because I didna have time.

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, my heart breaks reading this.

    Great list!

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  6. Omg, I love that Winnie the Pooh quote. Isn't it just adorable? I love a lot of quotes from Winnie the Pooh actually. Love the one from Oscar Wilde too - he has some wonderful quotes; many of which I just ADORE!

    -Lauren
    www.shootingstarsmag.net

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    1. Same here, Lauren. There are so many quotes from Pooh that I just love. And Oscar Wilde, too! So many amazing quotes.

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  7. Oh Pooh!!!

    I've seen a few people quoting from Fangirl and they're all awesome.

    Karen @ For What It's Worth

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    1. I just adore Pooh bear. 😊
      And Fangirl is quite quotable. Not my favorite by Rainbow Rowell but still so cute.

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  8. Ooo I like that Oscar Wilde quote as well!

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    1. I came across that Oscar Wilde quote so many years ago and it has stuck with me all these years. I adore it. :)

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  9. Oh I like this kind of rebellion. Some great quotes and I really like them all!

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  10. Ahh... loved your quotes. I have to admit I liked Winnie the Pooh and the one from Jenna Black because it was funny.

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    1. Pooh has so many great quotes - sweet and funny and ofte quite profound.
      And there were so many funny lines in The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. :)

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  11. hehe I think this is now my favorite quote as well "Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood." that is def a good one, I'll have to share it with my husband

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  12. These are great. I've read a few and those quotes resonated with me as well. Now, the List of Lies is a new to me and I like that one.

    Thanks for sharing these, Tanya!

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    1. Thanks Sophia!
      A List of Cages was a heartbreaking read - but so good.

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  13. I love what you've chosen! I haven't read November 9, but I've seen that quote around. The one from Mockingjay--oh, my heart. I still need to read Fangirl, but the quote is adorable.

    Do You Dog-ear?

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    1. That quote from Mockingjay kills me every time. Poor Peeta!
      Fangirl isn’t my favorite by Rowell but is still so cute. :)

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  14. haha hello #totalbadass! look at you being all rebel about this! so I'm gonna borrow one of the quotes here to say "I am a badass and I recognize that you, too, are a badass." :) YOU GO GIRL!
    I loved The 5th Wave so much that has to be my favorite one! :)

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    1. LMAO I am positively howling that you answered me with one of the quotes. You rock! :)

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  15. These quotes make me want to read The 5th Wave and Fangirl again! When I think of quotable books, The 5th Wave is not one that immediately comes to mind, but you reminded me how powerful some of the lines are.

    I have never read A List of Cages, but I might pick it up now.

    Tessa @ Crazy for YA

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    1. What’s weird is that overall The 5th Wave did not make a huge impression on me and I never continued with the trilogy. But for some reason that one quote always stuck with me. *shrugs* A List of Cages absolutely broke my heart but was so, so good. I highly recommend it!

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  16. Love the Fangirl and November 9 quotes. I need to read A List of Cages still!

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    1. A List of Cages broke me down and made my cry but it was a fantastic book!

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  17. Love the OScar Wilde one! And Fangirl as well... the Mockingjay one made me smile to see. I love seeing stuff about the Hunger games since I just read the books recently... everything is fresh in my mind. :)

    And of course... Pooh. the best. :)

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    1. I always loved Peeta and what he went through in Mockingjay was so hard to read. The whole real or not real thing always got to me.

      And yes, Pooh is definitely the best. :)

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  18. LOL on the Clare. And we can be rebels together because I...only shared one! lol

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    1. LOL Whoa, you’re a bigger rebel than I am. We rock! *fist bumps Anna*

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  19. I know what I think, but people don’t want you to say what you think. They want you to say what they think. And knowing what that is isn’t easy.
    A List of Cages, Robin Roe <3 <3 <3

    I LOVE that book so much!!!

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    1. Yes!!! I feel like it didn't get a lot of attention but, mnan, was that one powerful read. I just wanted to hug Julian and make everything okay.

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