Before I get started with my favorite quotes, I want to point out that today is the release day for the paperback (mass market) version of Ripped From the Pages!! I’ve linked to my previous review of the book. Get out and purchase it and love it!

Back to today’s program at hand…

Do you ever come across quotes in books that you love so much that you have to write them down or save them somehow? I often do. Sometimes, if it’s a library book and I really need to get it back because of other holds, I’ll even snap a picture of the page/quote with the camera on my phone.

Here are some of my favorites (not in any particular order) and why they struck a chord in me:

“She looked at him gravely. ‘You cannot call back the river that has already flowed past you, Ruith. All you can do is be grateful for where you are in it.'” – Lynn Kurland, Spellweaver
This quote really stuck with me because it helps me remember that what’s done is done. There’s nothing I can do to change the past, but rather I can work through those memories and start each day fresh.

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer’s always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” – Nora Roberts, Tears of the Moon
This quote has helped me to remember to have the courage to stand up and go for what I want. When you have general anxiety all the time, which I do, it’s easy just to stay with the status quo because change really makes your anxiety kick in. But, if I never try to attain something, I never will. It’s certainly not easy and it takes me longer to do sometimes, but eventually I get it and step out of the box.

“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
This has somewhat become a mantra of mine and a reminder that we’re all a part of this human race and should treat each other with kindness and respect, no matter what our station or what we perceive their station in life to be.

“I’d spent my entire life overdosing on uncut escapism, willingly allowing fantasy to become my reality.” – Ernest Cline, Armada
This one struck a chord in me because for a long, long time I let myself do the same. The character in this book did it with video games, I did it with books. And sometimes when life isn’t going well, I still have a tendency to do this.

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. Remember that.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone
This quote goes right along with the one above it. When I do get that tendency to dwell in the fantasy world of my favorite books, I try to remember this quote and get myself back on track. There’s nothing wrong with reading and escaping the world, as long as you’re not basically living in that fictional world.

“It’s here, inside me, and it’ll bite off pieces when it can. But I can take it because you’re there. Because you know how it feels. You’re the only one who really knows. And because you love me enough to feel it. When you look at me, and I see that, I can take anything.” – J.D. Robb, Reunion In Death
This quote strikes a chord in me because while I don’t have a significant other, I have a best friend who does this for me. It never fails to take my breath away to read this quote and know that I have someone like that in my corner. We all need someone like this to help us battle our demons.

Those are some of my favorite quotes from books I’ve read throughout the years. What are some of your favorites?