Hi friends,
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Today’s theme is: Quotes From/About Books (Share book quotes you love, quotes about being a reader, etc.)
Oh bot do I love that kind of topics! I ADORE quotes from favorite books and the challenge will be to limit myself to only ten!
But ok, here we go, some will be funny some will be wise and some will maybe be defiant or heartbreaking.
“You cast an invisibility spell?” “I just did what Daddy does when he’s eating Mommy’s chips.”
“Let them beat me with their batons, let them bruise my body to a pulp, let them shoot and kill me. For a lifetime we have fought. We have fought and fought and fought. We want to be free. We want to be equal. We want to be able to live our lives.”
“Nothing weighs more than someone else’s belief in you.”
“They will not use my tears for their entertainment.”
“You are a Phenomenon.”
“Don’t compliment me,” said Aurienne.
“Does it make you uncomfortable?”
“Yes.”
“Good. I like to see you suffer.” This was accompanied by a wink.”
“You can always be better. But don’t let that stop you from carrying yourself like a champion. If you don’t believe you’re the best, no one else will either.”
“One generation to change the text. One generation chooses to teach that text. The next grows, and the lie becomes history.”
“He said it’s easier for girls to dress modestly than for boys to behave. And so I told him I wasn’t interested in following rules that make life harder for girls so it can be easier for boys.”
“She was reading a book called Cracking the Menopause: While Keeping Yourself Together, but she still felt like she was falling apart. She’d put the book down somewhere and lost it for days, before finding it in the microwave.”
“Change often starts with the smallest of whispers. Like-minded people building it up to a roar.”
Thanks for reading.
Sophie
That banned book quote is so good! These are some great quotes. I wish I thought more to write down good things. Once in a while I will quickly do an update on Goodreads to remember a quote, but I usually forget. The closest is now that I do my Favorite 1st Lines post every month.
https://lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io/2026/02/26/favorite-first-lines-february-2026/
Well, The Irresistible Urge to Fall sounds like a whole lot of fun. Also, I have never put a book in the microwave, but I have definitely put things that didn’t belong in the fridge. Thanks for sharing these!
You chose some fantastic ones, Sophie. The Cerulean Sea and Sunrise on the Reaping are a couple of my favorites, and I laughed out loud at the Aging Disgracefully!
Fab quotes Sophie!
I love the TJ Klune and Suzanne Collins ones!
OMG How to Age Disgracefully has the best quote!
That first quote is cute, and Backman – the king of profound thoughts.