I have always enjoyed reading book quotes, so I decided that for 2019 I will share my favourite quotes for every five books that I read! These are quotes that stood out to me, but will in no way spoil the book for you. I hope they give you a sense of what the book is about and the writing style!
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
“Anyone can grow into something beautiful.”
“Perhaps the unattached, the unwanted, the unloved, could grow to give love as lushly as anyone else.”
“Do you really think you’re the only human being alive who is unforgivably flawed? Who’s been hurt almost to the point of breaking?”
“Over time, we would learn each other and I would learn to love her like a mother loves a daughter, imperfectly and without roots.”
House of Salt and Sorrow by Erin A. Craig
“The euphoria was tangible: I could taste it in the air, the sweetness coating my mouth and going straight to my head like champagne.”
“Nights like this were meant to be shared, remembered, and talked about for years. Skies like this were meant to be kissed under.”
“Show me debauched nightmares or sunniest daydreams. Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen.”
“We are born to the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return.”
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
“We can’t have change without loss, which is why so often people say they want change but nonetheless stay exactly the same.”
“There’s no hierarchy of pain. Suffering shouldn’t be ranked, because pain is not a contest.”
“If the queen had balls, she’d be the king.” If you go through life picking and choosing, if you don’t recognize that “the perfect is the enemy of the good,” you may deprive yourself of joy.”
“Your behavior is a choice; it isn’t who you are.”
By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz by Max Eisen
‘”My father reached out across the wire and blessed me with a classic Jewish prayer:
“May G-d bless you and safeguard you. May He be gracious unto you. May He turn His countenance to you and give you peace.”…
Then he said, “If you survive, you must tell the world what happened here. Now go.”‘
“Everything happened swiftly and we had no time to think. I didn’t have an opportunity to speak to my mother-nor did our eyes ever meet-and I wasn’t able to say goodbye to her.”
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
“Better to achieve perfect marks on an easy test than flunk a hard one, that was my motto.”
“People do go mad, you know, if you stop them from sleeping for long enough…”
“I am telling you the truth. The unvarnished, ugly truth. And it is all that. It is unpolished and unpleasant, and I don’t pretend I acted like an angel. But I didn’t kill anyone. I just fucking didn’t.”
Have you read any of these books? I would love to know if any of the quotes resonated with you!
I’m a sucker for book quotes, too! Thanks for sharing <3
You’re welcome! There is nothing better than a really great quote.
I’ve been trying to decide if I should read Maybe I Should Talk to Someone. It sounds like it has some great wisdom!
I really enjoyed it! It is more of a memoir than a self-help kind of book, which I so appreciate. I was worried it would be preachy, but it wasn’t at all.
That sounds so good! I wouldn’t want to read it if it was self-help either. I’m adding it to my list 🙂
I’ve had the Ruth Ware book on my radar for a while now- your quotes really swung the vote!
Awesome! She is a really great writer- create a lot of atmosphere.
I love this post, such a great idea! I always wonder what to do with all the quotes that I underline, I even tried creating a journal for them, but that didn’t really go well and I abandoned it after a couple of months 😀
Thank you! I used to do that too but it’s so much effort!
I love quotes. These quotes you picked out gave me the chills they were so good <3
Thank you. Quotes can be powerful!
I love a book quote – it’s always nice reading them! 💛
Me too! They say a lot about a book.
The quote from A House of Salt and Sorrows is amazing!
It’s on my TBR 🙂
– Emma
It is a really great book. Way creepier than I was expecting!
I really enjoyed the quotes of House of Salt and Sorrows!
I didn’t have The Turn of the Key on my TBR, but after reading those quotes and a little bit about it I think I’m going to add it to my October TBR, because it sounds amazing🙂.
I have mixed feelings about The Turn of the Key, but there is no denying Ruth Ware is a talented author. She knows how to build atmosphere that is for sure!
“Nights like this were meant to be shared, remembered, and talked about for years. Skies like this were meant to be kissed under.”
These sound like Lorde-esque song lyrics, it paints such a picture!
Ah you are so right!! I was blown away by Craig’s writing.
These are some great quotes, especially the ones from House of Salt and Sorrow 🙂
I like those quotes too. She a terrific writer.