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Twelve of the Most Powerful Literary Quotes
We all like a good book. Even more so, a book that leaves something resonating in your mind after that book is closed. A piece of literary memorabilia if you […]
We all like a good book. Even more so, a book that leaves something resonating in your mind after that book is closed. A piece of literary memorabilia if you will. That not only reminds you of the author and the titie, but the writer’s purpose. There are many, but here are some of my favorites…
Invisible Man
Author: Ralph Ellison
Year: 1952
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
On The Road
Author: Jack Kerouac
Year: 1957
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”
The Handmaid’s Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
Year: 1985
“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.”
The Time Machine
Author: H.G. Wells
Year: 1895
“It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.”
Anna Karenina
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Year: 1877
“It’s much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.”
Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Year: 1847
“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”
The Road
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Year: 2006
“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”
A Room With A View
Author: E.M. Forster
Year: 1908
“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.”
Ulysses
Author: James Joyce
Year: 1922
“History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Author: Oscar Wilde
Year: 1890
“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
The Children Of Men
Author: P.D. James
Year: 1992
“We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.”
In A Free State
Author: V.S. Naipaul
Year: 1971
“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
Do you have a favorite quote from one of your favorite books? If you do please we’d liked to hear.
Until next week…Blessings and Peace.
c.f. leach
A walking miracle---her spiritual journey began at seven years old, when she was baptized by the late, Pastor K.L. Moore, Jr., of the First Baptist Church in Frankfort, Kentucky, her birthplace. Very thankful for her spiritual upbringing which gave her a strong foundation and a respect for the word of God. Which now affords her the opportunity to share His word with others and testify about His saving her from leukemia.
She is the mother of six, a cancer survivor, pastor, and previous newspaper editor. Has published articles in The Voice In The Wilderness Magazine and a poem published in Great Poems of the Western World. She along with her husband, Elder Bobby Leach, live in Land O Lakes, Florida.
