I love words. Every reader and writer does. I’ve collected quotes for as long as I can remember. Here in this post I share some of my favorites.
My Favorite Opening Lines
As soon as I read these sentences, I knew that the book that I was holding was going to be amazing! And I wasn’t disappointed!
“Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.”—Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
“When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.”—Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”—Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”—The Gunslinger by Stephen King
“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.”—Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
“When Augustus came out on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake – not a very big one.”—Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
“It was starting to end, after what seemed most of eternity to me.”—Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
“A dozen stories have been told about the old Dark jug. This is the true one.”—A Tangled Web by LM Montgomery
“The house in the hollow was “a mile from anywhere” – so Maywood people said.”—Emily of New Moon by LM Montgomery
“There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.”—The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
“When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.”—The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
“The screw through Cinder’s ankle had rusted, the engraved cross marks worn to a mangled circle. ”—Cinder by Marissa Meyer
“My hand shakes as I brace myself against the brick wall.”—A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
Random Quotes
“It’s no small feat finishing a journey. But no one ever mentions that once you get there, you still have to turn around and head all the way home.” — Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
“I’ve wanted you so much, for so long, but in the way you want things you’ll never, ever have. Like no matter what I do, you’ll always be just out of reach. But when you kiss me? It’s like I’m on fire.”— The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
“But now I knew that wasn’t true. I’ll walk forever with stories inside me that the people I love the most can never hear.”—The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
“Still, as Logen Ninefingers had been so very fond of saying: it was better to do it, than to live with the fear of it.”—The Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
“Inside each of us is a monster; inside each of us is a saint. The real question is which one we nurture the most, which one will smite the other.”—The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
“.. but I wasn’t powerful because of the knife. The knife was powerful because of me.”—The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
“Because I know what monsters are,” she says. “And I can’t be in that company.”
“So tell me what you are, then. If not a monster.”
“A fool,” she says. —The Magician’s Lie by Greer Macallister“I use to have romantic fantasies about a guy throwing pebbles at the window, climbing up to my room, kissing me in the moonlight, stealing me away.
Wrong fairy tale, I think wryly. I’m the one who’s going to save the prince.”—Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
“What makes a treasure a treasure,” Marina replied, “is how a rare a find it is, when you need it the most.”—Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
Seven half-bloods shall answer the call
To storm or fire the world must fall
An oath to keep with a final breath
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. —The Lost Hero by Rick RiordanWhat are some of your favorite quotes? Do we have any in common? Let me know in the comments!
