Welcome to another TTT! Today’s topic is: Quotes From/About Books. Share book quotes you love, quotes about being a reader, etc. I’ve done a lot of posts on book quotes:
So today I’m going to share quotes that are beautiful descriptions of something, be it feelings, scenery, etc. This is going to be tricky!
“The sun kept dipping down into the ocean and the lights came on at the harbor, casting sudden shadows on the ground, illuminating the faces that were just a second ago silhouettes. The sky was golden and purple, the ocean a darker shade of violet.”
―Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
“Winding our way through the narrow path, we finally pulled to a blessed stop outside the castle. Fingers of moonlight reached over the spires and slid down the roof, casting our shadows in sinister shapes. This castle was eerie and I haven’t even stepped inside.”
― Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco
“Loving Alex is innate language. I don’t remember how I learned it because by the time it dawned on me to consider the concept, I was already fluent. I didn’t stop loving him, I didn’t forget that I loved him, either. All I did was put the words behind a door to prevent them from escaping into conscious thought. They’ve been waiting there all this time, alive, just as loud, just as strong, as they ever were.”
― Old Flames and New Fortunes by Sarah Hogle
“She had memories of a quiet pool in the woods, where she’d retreat with her books, hiding from chores that needed to be done around the house. She remembered the sound of her parents after sunset, calling her to come home. The fireflies would flicker around her as it became too dark to read, but still she’d stay, to watch the fireflies over the water and listen to the birds and the squirrels settle in for the night and the night hunters, the owls and and the cats, begin to wake. Once, she’d even glimpsed a unicorn sipping from the pond, but it could have been only a white deer and a trick of the twilight. Another afternoon, her father had come with her, avoiding his chores too. They’d read books side by side, and her mother hadn’t said a word when they’d returned. A week later, her mother had been the one to join her by the pond, arriving with lunch in a basket and presenting Kiela with a new unread book, a rare treasure on the island.”
― The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
“It sounds like a floorboard, emitting the faintest of creaks. I sit up and scan the room, looking for—well, I don’t know what to expect. An intruder? A burglar? The mansion beginning its inevitable slide into the Atlantic? But there’s nothing to see.”
― The Only One Left by Riley Sager
“I want to be commanding, stern, intimidating, but I am raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. My resolve is dandelion fluff.”
― Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
“…there is not a woman alive who has not learned how to eat rage in order to appear calm.”
― The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
“The wind you hear is the same wind that has always blown. The rain that falls is the same rain. Over and over, round and round, like a giant circle. The wind and the waves have been present since time began. The rocks and stars too. But the rocks don’t speak, and the stars are too far away to tell us what they know.”
― What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
“I smelled jasmine first—then saw stars. A sea of stars flickering beyond glowing pillars of moonstone that framed the sweeping view of endless snowcapped mountains. Welcome to the Night Court”.
― A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
“He was seated on the bench now. He had his left elbow on his knee, his right arm across his lap, his shoulders hunched, his head bowed. White face, red hair: snow and fire, like something from an old tale. The book I had noticed earlier was on the bench beside him, its covers shut. Around Anluan’s feet and in the birdbath, small visitors to the garden hopped and splashed and made the most of the day that was becoming fair and sunny. He did not seem to notice them. As for me, I found it difficult to take my eyes from him. There was an odd beauty in his isolation and his sadness, like that of a forlorn prince ensorcelled by a wicked enchantress, or a traveller lost forever in a world far from home.”
― Heart’s Blood by Juliet Marillier
AND a bonus, because I saw this while I was hunting for quotes and burst out laughing.
“A man is not entitled to be called a father merely because he once had a well-timed spasm of the loins.”
― Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas
Which quote is your favorite?
What kinds of quotes did you select for this week’s prompt?
