EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

I have several, below is one of my recent favorites

“Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do.”
Thud! By Terry Pratchette

Oh so many. That's why I have a favorite quotes page here on GR! https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/list...


But for now, one of my very first, from when I was 18 and in college:

'To burn always with this hard gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.'

The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater

I like the opening sentence from "Pride and Prejudice"

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

“As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure.”

All Systems Red, by Martha Wells

The story of Murderbot begins.

“Logic!" said the Professor half to himself. "Why don't they teach logic at these schools? There are only three possibilities. Either your sister is telling lies, or she is mad, or she is
telling the truth. You know she doesn't tell lies and it is obvious that she is not mad. For the moment then and unless any further evidence turns up, we must assume that she is telling the truth.”

― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe