Dumbledore's *Reading* Army discussion

Please comment quotes you would like to share with others here. Have them be either from books, or about books.

"Ha! Does Agatha know we're coming? "It'll be a suprise!" Penny says. "Suprise!" Baz singsongs. "It's your ex-boyfriend and his boyfriend and that girl you never liked very much!""
-Wayward Son

here are my all-time favorite literary quotes, in no particular order, including an explanation of why I love these quotes and why they are so meaningful to me. know that I may interpret them in a different way than you do.

“You said I am a good man," he said. "But I am not that good a man. And I am--I am catastrophically in love with you.”
-The Infernal Devices

The Shadowhunter chronicles have so many wonderful quotes within Cassie’s descriptive and lyrical writing. What Will Herondale is saying in this particular quote encapsulates the all-too-familiar feeling (at least for me) of knowing that you don’t deserve somebody’s love, but wanting it so desperately anyway. This reminds me of personal experiences in my life, meaning it connects to me very strongly. and no, the fact that Will Herondale is one of my favorite fictional characters of all time does not make me biased

“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse.
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.”
-Daisy Jones and the Six

This is such a mood. I absolutely love this line. A man Daisy meets is talking about how she could be his muse, and this is her comeback. She is refusing to meet societal expectations for her, and wants people to know that she is important. She is the somebody.

“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
-The Hunger Games

Although this Hunger Games line is short, it carries a lot of meaning that you might have to look deeper to see and truly understand for yourself. Even though we as humans often forget many things, we really can never forget the face of the person who saved our life, who made a difference to us, who gave us hope, who we love. In a book that is about a competition where people try to kill each other and be the last one alive, this line about life and hope is especially important and deep.

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
-The Fault In Our Stars

John Green knows how to capture what it is like to be in love. that is all I have to say

“Good-byes hurt the most when the other person’s already gone.”
-The Hate U Give

SO TRUE. it aches so much to know that you didn’t have a chance to say goodbye to a person in your life who meant so much to you

"Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well." ~ Daughter of smoke and bone, Laini Taylor

"Wishes are false,
Hope is true,
Hope makes its own magic." ~ Daughter of smoke and bone, Laini Taylor

"Sometimes, the answer we need don't match the questions we're asking... and sometimes, the coward makes fools of wiser man." ~ Skyward, Brandon Sanderson

"Patience and silence had one beautiful daughter. And her name was Vengeance." ~ Gemina, Amie Kaufman&Jay Kristoff

"Beauty may be dangerous, but intelligence was lethal." - Percy Jackson series, Rick Riordan

"But Blue Sargent was brave because she was afraid." ~ Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater

"To the stars who listen and the dreams that are answered." ~ ACOMAF, Sarah J. Maas

"Fear is only your enemy if you allow it to be." ~ An Ember in the Ashes, Sabaa Tahir

"I'd rather die in an adventure, than live standing still." ~ A Darker Shade of Magic, Ve Schwab

“What do you want from me, Snow?"
"Nothing," he says. And he means it, the actual bastard.”
- Carry On, Rainbow Rowell

"Rome wasn't built on mutual admiration."
-Carry On, Rainbow Rowell

"Sharing a room with the person you want most is like sharing a room with an open flame. He's constantly drawing you in. And you're constantly stepping too close. And you know it's not good-- that there is no good-- that there's absolutely nothing that can ever come out of it. But you do it anyway. And then... Well. Then you burn."
-Carry On, Rainbow Rowell

"We accept the love we think we deserve."
-The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky

Dr. Blake wrote: ""Im going to bed before either of you get another stupid idea to get us killed or worse expelled"

Hermione granger. XD"

Ohmigosh, how did I not remember this?! I love this line

lol same

This is in no particular order.

"As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."
--The Fault in Our Stars

“To me, the you in your greatest glory is you, the you that has fallen from grace is also you, the most important thing is you, not what kind of you.”
--Heaven's Official Blessing (note: you guys should really read this book)

“But what he hadn’t expected was that when everyone feared him and flattered him, Lan WangJi scolded him right in his face; when everyone spurned him and loathed him, Lan WangJi stood by his side.”
--Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivations (btw, Lan WangJi is one of the main characters, just saying)

“Don’t you understand? When you’re standing on their side, you’re the bizarre genius, the miraculous hero, the force of the rebellion, the flower that blooms alone. But the second your voice differs from theirs, you’ve lost your mind, you’ve ignored morality, you’ve walked the crooked path.”
--Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivations

“We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
--Throne of Glass

One more:

“Books are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them.”
--Ignite Me

Um...can I add something? I know this is note a quote from a book but this is something that I live with. Just wanna add it but I can't find any book that says about the same thing.

"Maybe being bad isn't a bad thing. Maybe what we think is good is bad to others. Maybe it is just the matter of point of views."
--Me

I mean 'not'. Not 'note'.

"Just when you think you're having a scene without Simon, he drops in to remind you that everyone else is a supporting character in his catastrophe."
- Carry On

"are you badly hurt?"
"hideously," said the king, without sounding injured at all. "I am disemboweled. My insides may in an instant become my outsides as I stand here before you, and no one will even notice."

-The King Of Attolia

“To whatever end?” she breathed. Rowan followed her, as he had his entire life, long before they had ever met, before their souls had sparked into existence. “To whatever end, Fireheart.”

“Ronan hadn't known anything about who Adam was then and, if possible, he'd known even less about who he himself was, but as they drove away from the boy with the bicycle, this was how it had begun: Ronan leaning back against his seat and closing his eyes and sending up a simple, inexplicable, desperate prayer to God:
Please.”
-Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down The Hawk

hi wrote: "" How did you die?"
" We er....drowned in a bathtub."
"All three of you?"
"It was a big bathtub."

~Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief~"

I loved reading this part, it was hilarious :D

Professor Blake wrote: ""Im going to bed before either of you get another stupid idea to get us killed or worse expelled"

Hermione granger. XD"

This was awesome :D

"Every story needs its hero. And its villain. And its monster."
- Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff - Obsidio

Also, this is the best
"Don't worry. You're just as sane as I am."
- J.K. Rowling (LUNAAA)

“Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?"
Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?"
"Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries."
Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."
...
I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand."
"I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said.
"And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam t-shirt.”
~Rick Riordan, The Titans Curse

“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“You seem a decent fellow," Inigo said. "I hate to kill you."
You seem a decent fellow," answered the man in black. "I hate to die.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

"Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human."
-Vicious, Ve Schwab

"That's everyone's dream, isn't it, really? Instead of many who give you little pieces of themselves-one who gives you everything."
- Chain of Gold, Cassandra Clare

"I don’t understand why the world insists on stuffing kids into boxes we never asked for, and then gets mad when we won’t stay there"
- One of Us is Next, Karen McManus

"You have been the last dream of my soul."
- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"He was a book, and he was holding his final pages, and he wanted to get to the end to find out how it went, and he didn't want it to be over."
- Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

"I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain."
- Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

"There's always something left to lose."
- Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

"My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There’s no version of God that can help us if we ever lose that."
- Scythe, Neal Shusterman

"Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug."
-Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman

"I won't let your ignorance silence my pain."
-Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi

I love this quote soooo much, it makes me smile each time I read it:
" Percy was eating a huge stack of blue pancakes (what was his deal with blue food?) while Annabeth chided him for pouring on too much syrup.
'You're drowning them!' she complained.
'Hey, I'm a Poseidon kid,' he said. 'I can't drown. And neither can my pancakes.' "
- Percy and Annabeth narrated from Leo's point of view in The Blood of Olympus

"Back the T-Rex up"
-Keefe Sencen Keeper of the Lost Cities: Exile

And I also love this one:
[Percy says sorry to Leo for having kind of abandoned Calypso and for not thinking about her to whom he had promised liberty]
"Leo was speechless. Here they were, hiding behind a wall in the middle of a magical war zone, with grenades and grizzly bears and Bronze Butt Nickettes to worry about, and Percy pulls THIS on him.
'Man, what is your PROBLEM?' Leo grumbled.
Percy blinked. 'So... I guess we're not cool?'
'Of course we're not cool! You're as bad as Jason! I'm trying to resent you for being all perfect and hero-y and whatnot. Then you go and act like a standup guy. How am I supposed to hate you if you apologize and promise to help and stuff?'
A smile tugged at the corner of Percy's mouth. 'Sorry about that.'
- Percy and Leo narrated from Leo's point of view in The Blood of Olympus

"Once we have total power, what's to keep us from becoming villains ourselves?" - Nova Artino, Archenemies, Marissa Meyer

https://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/th...

Some of these almost made me cry

Smol Porg wrote: "“We are the Thirteen. From now until the Darkness claims us.”"

Oh don't make me cry. I've been following your progress updates, are you done with Kingdom of Ash yet?

You poor soul...

""You could rattle the stars," she whispered. "You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most."" - Throne of Glass.

"The fundamental mistake I had always made—and that she had, in fairness, always led me to make—was this: Margo was not a miracle. She was not an adventure. She was not a fine and precious thing. She was a girl.” - Paper Towns.

“It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world.” - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Tessa wrote: "https://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/th...

Some of these almost made me cry"

I just read them all and now I want to cry

“Even when this world is a forgotten whisper of dust between the stars , I will always love you.”
Rowan to Aelin in I think Empire of Storms. Love this quote so much💓

"I mean, most people want to escape. Get out of their heads. Out of their lives. Stories are the easiest way to do that."
-This Savage Song, Victoria Schwab

Oh yes I go by that that is like the motto of my life

"She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one."
--Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas

“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
--Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what you call me.”
--Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
--J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Knowledge is better than ignorance, and it’s better to find out and embrace the truth even if that truth might not feel good.”
--Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Sometimes the clouds inside my head get big and gray and swirly and then I hurricane through my eyes. Except I don’t literally hurricane through my eyes—I don’t actually have a weather system in my head.”
--Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”
--Christopher Paolini, Eragon

“Eragon looked back at him, confused. "I don't understand."
"Of course you don't," said Brom impatiently. "That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around.”
--Christopher Paolini, Eragon

“Mmm....she's doomed! You're doomed!! They're all doomed! Notice I didn't specify what kind of doom, so no matter what happens, I predicted it. How very WISE of me.”
--Christopher Paolini, Eragon