What are some of your favorite quotes from the books????

I want to know what some of your quotes from the books are! Here are but a few of mine:
"People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept."

"But aren't many gardens beautiful because they are imperfect? ...Aren't the strange, new flowers that arise by mistake or misadventure as pleasing as the well-tended and planned?"

"Because you don't notice the light without a bit of shadow. Everything has both dark and light. You have to play with it till you get it exactly right."

"What if evil doesn't really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?"

"And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time."

"You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it."

What are yours?

This is my entire AIM profile, I'm not even kidding:
I had thought her dangerous a moment ago, when she felt powerful. I was wrong. Wounded and powerless, she is more dangerous than I could ever imagine.
And what if evil doesn't really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except our own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?
I run after her, not really giving chase. I’m running because I can, because I must.
They see her differently now,
as somebody. And isn’t that what everyone wants? To be seen?
But aren't many gardens beautiful because they are imperfect? Aren't the strange, new flowers that arise by mistake or misadventure as pleasing as the well-tended and planned?
And for a moment, I understand that I have friends on this lonely path;
that sometimes your place is not something you find, but something you have when you need it.
But we can't go back. We can only go forward.














"You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion:
First, the people must want to believe in it."

"i love you. Your are beautiful. Never leave me." -Gemma, TSFT

omg that quote chokes me up!

Wow, I don't remember that. haha

its the part when gemma and karik are in the cave of sighs. they put their hands on the symbol of love on the wall and they start "dreaming". gemma says it in the dream to kartik. its sooo cute!!

OH! I get it now.. haha I'll have to find it

hey ladies =]

I'd appreciate it greatly if you guys would keep this topic up, I'm going to start adding quotes under the book quotes section on the website soon and I need your help =]

<3

Sure thing! We'll try to keep it up

"That's what living in their world is--a big lie. An illusion where everyone looks the other way and pretends that nothing unpleasant exists at all, no goblins of the dark, no ghosts of the soul."

And of course:
"I'm running because I can, because I must. Because I want to see how far I can go before I have to stop."

I think my all-time favorites are, from AGATB:

"I catch sight of a symbol I’ve never noticed before at the very bottom of a cave wall. It’s partially defaced, but some of it is still visible. A woman and a swan. At first glance, it seems as if she’s being attacked by the great white bird, but on closer inspection, it seems as if the woman and the swan are joined together as one. A great mythical creature. A woman prepared to fly, even if she has to lose her legs to do it."

"We understand each other. We share a secret."

"There are no safe choices, Miss Temple. Only different ones."

“What happens if your choice is misguided?” I ask, softly.
Miss Moore takes a pear from the bowl and offers us the grapes to devour. “You must try to correct it.”
“But what if it’s too late? What if you can’t?”
There’s a sad sympathy in Miss Moore’s catlike eyes as she regards my painting again. She paints the smallest sliver of shadow along the bottom of the apple, bringing it fully to life.
“Then you must find a way to live with it.”

Felicity's Story

"They see her differently now, as somebody. And isn’t that what everyone wants? To be seen?"

"This is how the fire starts.
This is how we burn.
Everything is slipping out of my control."

and

“Dans chaque fin, il y a un début.”


For Rebel Angels:

“What if evil doesn’t really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against but our own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?”

“Do you think they missed him terribly when he fell? Did God cry over his lost angel, I wonder?”

“You know nothing, Miss Doyle. You only think you do, and therein lies the problem.”

"She will not read her book until this evening, and somehow I know this is what she wants—to be needed. It is her charge.
It is her place. She has found it. Or it has found her."

and

“In books, the truth makes everything good and fine. The good prevail. The wicked are punished. There is happiness. But it’s not like that really, is it?”
“No,” I say. “I suppose it only makes everything known.”
We lean our heads back against the tree and look up at the puffy, white clouds.
“Why bother with it at all then?” Ann says.
“Because you can’t keep up the illusion forever,” I say. “No one has that much magic.”
For a long while, we sit, saying nothing. No one attempts to hold hands or tell a merry joke, to talk of what has happened or what is to come. We simply sit, our backs to the tree, our shoulders grazing on another. It is the lightest of touches and yet it’s enough to weight me to the earth.
And for a moment, I understand that I have friends on this lonely path, that sometimes your place is not something you find, but something you have when you need it.



For TSFT:

Her eyes shine. “Am I beautiful?”
“You are the most beautiful girl of all,” I say and it is the truth.

"They’ve never owned such finery before, and it does not matter that it is borrowed by magic; they believe, and the believing changes everything. We’ve the right to dream, and that, I suppose, it the magic’s greatest power: the notion that we can pick possibility from the trees like ripe fruit. We are filled with hope. Alive with transformation. We can become."

"We sit and listen and are enthralled anew, for good stories, it seems, never lose their magic."

"The child nods and takes Felicity’s hand, and they head up the path together, greeting people with defiant faces and fresh wounds. "

“The rules of magic, my dear, are best not discussed. For once we understand the illusion, we no longer believe in it.”

The chaos vs. order conversation between Gemma and Miss McCleethy,

"It is funny that she should be afraid of the dark when she cannot see it, but I suppose that is the sort of fear one feels deep in the soul."

"And I see now that she might have made a good magician as well as an actress, for she knows how to make herself disappear."

"Then she’ll have ale. It isn’t the pound that matters; it’s the hope.”

“In truth, it is the simplest act in the world. The trick works because you wish it to. You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it.”

"Adventure and death!” we cry. The romantic girl pouts but there it is. Death is infinitely more thrilling.

"It’s no matter that the dresses are only a night’s borrowed finery. They believe, and that belief changes everything."

“This is the world we live in, Gemma, for better or for worse. Make of it what you can.”

"Blood is thicker than water. That’s what they say. But in truth, most things are."

"I’ve taken away her god, and she could kill me for it."

"They’ve made her uncertain, and that’s how it’s done; that’s how we come to doubt what we know to be true."

"There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way. "

"To those who will see, the world waits. "



Probably the reason I have so many more is because I spent hours typing them, but there they are. =)

GOSH! And you have them in the other post, too... You dazzle me.

blue_panda_41295 wrote:

GOSH! And you have them in the other post, too... You dazzle me.

The beauty of copy+paste, my friend. Works wonders.

Ah! I thought maybe that's what you did, but of course, I know plenty of people who can't do that...

"He is attracted to the scent of manure. You might wallow in the stable to bring out the full flower of his love." -Felicity, RA

I'm anosmic/hyposmic, and ironically anything pertaining to the sense of smell is interesting to me.

Lady of Shalott wrote:

"He is attracted to the scent of manure. You might wallow in the stable to bring out the full flower of his love." -Felicity, RA

I'm anosmic/hyposmic, and ironically anything pertaining to the sense of smell is interesting to me.

You might like Perfume: the Story of a Murderer by David Suskind then. (If you haven't already read it). I personally thought it was WEIRD, but very interesting, just the way everything is described and explained.

I don't have my books with me right now, but I'll try my best on my own.

"Aboslute power corrupst absolutely." -- TSFT

"Retalation is a dog chasing it's tail." -- TSFT

Any conversation between Gemma and Kartik.

"We're watching you, Ms. Doyle." -- AG&TB (ooo, Karik is so creepy in this one...)

"Why can't they just say, "Stay away from Ms. Soandso. She'll eat your heart." -- RA (my philosiphy for Ghost Whisperer)

"It's just a little initiation we have here at Spence--we like to torture each other. Beauty, grace, charm my foot. It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills.
Click-click. Creak
Felicity's probably no more related to Admiral Worthington than I am.
Click-click. Creak
I don't even want to go to Paris.
Click, creak. Cough." -- AG&TB (It's just so funny what your mind can come up with when your frightened out of you mind.

"'God, it'll be no living with you after this. I'll be too afraid you'll turn me into a toad or a braying @ss or something.'
'Too late. You're already an @ss.'" -- TSFT (tee hee... I love Tom and his naiveness.)

"There are no safe choices, Miss Temple. Only other choices. There are no safe choices."-AG&TB

"I’ve always been so irritated when Pippa opens her mouth, I haven’t stopped to think she may babble on because she’s afraid she won’t be heard."-AG&TB

"Sometimes by reason is no match for my temper."-AG&TB

"Pain is underrated as a tool of motivation."-AG&TB

"That is how fires start. With a spark. And I see the spark catching the wind."-AG&TB

"We’re all damaged somehow."-AG&TB



"In every end, there’s a beginning."-AG&TB

Haha... I really like Shadow's... "Click, creak, cough. cough? I didn't cough." (I think that's how she said it) I loved that one... haha

Haha I know. That's one of my favorite parts in the series.

Oh! I have one more:

"Wot pit of 'ell did he crawl out of?" -- TSFT
Fowlson=luv <3
And to think I wanted him to die in the beginning...

ScarlettOhara wrote:

You might like Perfume: the Story of a Murderer by David Suskind then. (If you haven't already read it). I personally thought it was WEIRD, but very interesting, just the way everything is described and explained.

I've heard of it, and I'd like to read it/see the movie if I can ever find it.

Everything that has been listed is a fabulous quote. The one that really touched me the most the first time I read it was the following:


"I don’t know why I feel so wounded by Kartik’s obvious
infatuation with Pippa. There’s no romance between us. There’s nothing that
tethers us but this dark secret neither of us wants. It’s not Kartik’s longing
that hurts. It’s my own. It’s knowing that I’ll never have what she has – a beauty
so powerful it brings things to you. I fear I will always have to chase the
things I want. I’ll always have to wonder whether I’m truly wanted or whether I’ve
just been settled for."

Shadow wrote:

Haha I know. That's one of my favorite parts in the series.

Oh! I have one more:

"Wot pit of 'ell did he crawl out of?" -- TSFT
Fowlson=luv <3
And to think I wanted him to die in the beginning...

hahaha! i forgot about that one! literally laughed out loud when I read it!

"She doesn't say it bitterly, that's what hurts. She's accepted her fate without fighting it" - AGATB

I just read that today, but I HONESTLY think it's in TSFT too, when Pippa tries to cross the river and can't. I looked for that, but found one of my two favorite parts instead.

Gemma - "It's Achilles"
Fowlson - "Wot?"
Gemma - "It's Achilles heel, not Achin' heal you bloody stupid fool!"
Fowlson - "That's a pretty mouf you got there luv."

I've found my possible FAVORITE quote from any of the books in Rebel Angels:

[referring to the painting of the Rebel Angels and Lucifer]

"Do you think they missed him terribly when he fell? Did God cry over his lost angel?" - Felicity

To me that just stuck out for some reason.

I have two favorites.

"Shall I tell you a story? A new and terrible one? A ghost story? Are you ready? Shall I begin? Once upon a time there were four girls. One was pretty. One was clever. One charming, and one...one was mysterious. But they were all damaged, you see. Something not right about the lot of them. Bad blood. Big dreams. Oh, I left that part out. Sorry, that should have come before. They were all dreamers, these girls. One by one, night after night, the girls came together. And they sinned. Do you know what that sin was? No one? Pippa? Ann? Their sin was that they believed. Believed they could be different. Special. They believed they could change what they were--damaged, unloved. Cast-off things. They would be alive, adored, needed. Necessary. But it wasn't true. This is a ghost story remember? A tragedy. They were misled. Betrayed by their own stupid hopes. Things couldn't be different for them, because they weren't special after all. So life took them, led them, and they went along, you see? They faded before their own eyes, till they were nothing more than living ghosts, haunting each other with what could be. With what can't be. There, now. Isn't that the scariest story you've ever heard?"


and

"They've planned our entire lives, from what we shall wear to whom we shall marry and where we shall live. It's one lump of sugar in your tea whether you like it or not and you'd best smile even if you're dying deep inside. We're like pretty horses, and just as on horses, they mean to put blinders on us so we can't look left or right but only straight ahead where they would lead."