book challenge
Code by invierno.
The Fault In Our Stars
John Green, 2012
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings"
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943
"What makes the desert beautiful," says the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well."
Divergent
Veronica Roth, 2011
"I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different."
A Game Of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, 1996
"Never forget who you are, for surely the world won’t. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you."
A Clash Of Kings
George R.R. Martin, 1998
"Sorcery is the sauce fools spoon over failure to hide the flavor of their own incompetence. "
Insurgent
Veronica Roth, 2012
"Noise and activity are the refuges of the bereaved and the guilty. "
The Help
Kathryn Stockett, 2009
"We are two people. Not that much seperates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought. "
Delirium
Lauren Oliver, 2011
"Before and after - and during, a moment no bigger or longer than an edge."
Pandemonium
Lauren Oliver, 2012
"The echoes of old things, and days that look like darkness."
Anna and the French Kiss
Stephanie Perkins, 2010
“I wish friends held hands more often, like the children I see on the streets sometimes. I'm not sure why we have to grow up and get embarrassed about it.”
Shades of Grey
Jasper Fforde, 2009
Cinder
Marissa Meyer, 2012
Before I Die
Jenny Downham, 2007
“Then she says, ‘I love you.’ Like three drops of blood falling onto snow.”
India Dark
Kirsty Murray, 2012
"There was a baby buried in Allahabad and two little girls dancing naked on a balcony in Bombay. Lionel with his broken puppet in Surabaya, Ruby mesmerised in Calcutta and Tilly sleeping beneath a soldier's greatcoat in Meerut. Eliza weeping in her kimono on the beach at Pondicherry and Charlie and me kissing in the darkness beneath a banyan tree in Adyar. There was more than any one of us could ever tell.”
Legend
Marie Lu, 2012
Sightlines
Kathleen Jamie, 2012
"Creatures of the eye, they see what they want and want what they see, just like the rest of us."
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman, 2008
"Face your life/ Its pain, its pleasure,/ Leave no path untaken"
Old Filth
Jane Gardam, 2004
"I am trained to forget. Otherwise, how could I function?”