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my favorite quotes from my favorite books

[thepagesofourlives]

There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

The Art of Racing in the Rain

[thepagesofourlives]

I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it.

The Book Thief 

[thepagesofourlives]

Years were passing through the spaces between moments.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

[thepagesofourlives]

You couldn't let too much truth seep into your conversation, you couldn't admit with your mouth what your eyes had seen.

City of Thieves 

[thepagesofourlives]

I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand.

Wonder

[thepagesofourlives]

My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.

Educated

[thepagesofourlives]

In the dark they are careful of each other, as if they know they are fragile, as if they know they can break.

Everything I Never Told You

[thepagesofourlives]

Every life has such weight, I don't know how anybody carries even one.

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton

[thepagesofourlives]

I had the odd sensation of being watched by my future self, some future self who whispered in my ear, asking me to pay attention.

After the Flood, Kassandra Montag

[thepagesofourlives]

We lose ourselves in books. We find ourselves there too.

anonymous 

[thepagesofourlives]

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

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Oh, darling, I've been so miserable.

The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway

[thepagesofourlives]

Dearest Daughter. I knew you would not be long in coming to me. Joy shall be yours.

The Horse and His Boy, C.S. Lewis

[thepagesofourlives]

Not everyone understands how you can spin two lassos at the same time, one of hope and one of grief.

Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult

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She was looking into my eyes with that way she had of looking that made you wonder whether she really saw out of her own eyes. They would look on and on after every one else's eyes in the world would have stopped looking. She looked as though there were nothing on earth she would not look at like that, and really she was afraid of so many things.

The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway

[thepagesofourlives]

It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here.

Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen

[thepagesofourlives]

But you're better than I am, Katsa. And it doesn't humiliate me. It humbles me. But it doesn't humiliate me.

Graceling, Kristin Cashore