Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Memorable Things Characters Have Said (quotes from book characters that have stuck with you). I think I’ve done posts on characters’ quotes before, so this time around, I thought I’d share a random bunch of passages that I highlighted*, for one reason or another, in books that I’ve read recently. (In general, these will be lines that made me laugh, or at the very least, smirk).
*And don’t worry — I’m referring to using the highlight functions on my Kindle, not an actual neon yellow highlighter on an actual physical book! I would never!
What did one say when a gentleman confessed to a shortcoming? She couldn’t recall ever hearing one do so before, but surely, sometime in the course of history, some gentleman had. And someone would have had to make a reply.
On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgertons, #8) by Julia Quinn
If he were furniture, he’d be a really nice-looking shag carpet.
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
Taking his clothes off tonight would test his ability to open not just his pants but his heart for Clara.
The Roommate by Rosie Danan
“We didn’t see them until they got there! The foe has sneakily snucked a sneak attack behind our lines, like a sneaky sneak!”
Battle Ground (Dresden Files, #17) by Jim Butcher
“How did you get here, little girl?” she said, in a voice that suggested gingerbread cottages and the slamming of big stove doors.
Equal Rites (Discworld, #3) by Terry Pratchett
To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage,
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Another voice, dry as tinder, hissed, “You would do well to remember where you are.” It should be impossible to hiss a sentence with no sibilants in it, but the voice made a very good attempt.
The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2) by Terry Pratchett
“Why didn’t you bring me a milkshake?” is not an inquiry befitting a Prince of Cats.
The Unkindest Tide (October Daye, #13) by Seanan McGuire
If I was forty years younger, of a different sexual orientation and my son wasn’t married to you, I’d be after you in a heartbeat.”
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
A werewolf was lower than a Californian, all things considered – rough rural hillbillies with too much hair. And open shirt collars. And no table manners.
How To Marry a Werewolf by Gail Carriger
I probably could have filled up my whole list with Bridgerton or Discworld quotes… but it’s fun to mix things up a bit.
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The kiddo and I are still enjoying Across the Great Barrier by Patricia C. Wrede — although it’s now on hold for a few weeks, until he gets back from camp.
It’s New Year’s Eve morning, last day of 2012! Heading out of town tomorow for a few days in the snow with family before work, school, and real-life kick back in. Meanwhile, there are books to read! Onward with the reading agenda.
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