Top Ten Tuesday – Favorite Quotes from my Favorite Books According to Goodreads

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week’s theme is “Inspirational/Thought-Provoking Quotes from Books” but I don’t have a list of quotes and I can’t think of anything off the top of my head.  So I am going to copy Jordan @ Forever Lost in Literature and steal her take on the topic:

Favorite Quotes from my Favorite Books According to Goodreads

She used her most recently read books, but I am going to use my most rated books and then pick the most liked quote from that book!

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Goodreads|Amazon

5,882,440 ratings, 4.47 average rating, 94,618 reviews

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

46,713 likes

Ahhh I know exactly where and by who this was said! Dumbledore said this to Harry when Harry kept visiting the Mirror of Erised ❤

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The Hunger Games

Goodreads | Amazon

5,697,899 ratings, 4.33 average rating, 162,351 reviews

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

18,175 likes

I don’t remember this quote and I’m not a huge fan of it.  Yes, its true but its not that inspirational or important, in my opinion.

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Twilight

Goodreads | Amazon

4,403,321 ratings, 3.58 average rating, 98,806 reviews

“I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.”

10,110 likes

I love stars so I love this quote.  I know its a lot deeper than just liking stars, but I like any analogy with stars.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Goodreads | Amazon

3,895,642 ratings, 4.27 average rating, 82,629 reviews

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

16,930 likes

Ah yes, the old “You never know someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes” quote. Always a classic.

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The Great Gatsby

Goodreads | Amazon

3,260,603 ratings, 3.91 average rating, 59,312 reviews

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

11,069 likes

This one makes sense for The Great Gatsby because he is stuck in the past.

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The Fault in Our Stars

Goodreads | Amazon

3,008,659 ratings, 4.24 average rating, 148,987 reviews

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

44,677 likes

This reminds me of the Pride and Prejudice Quote “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”

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Divergent

Goodreads | Amazon

2,579,006 ratings, 4.21 average rating, 104,926 reviews

“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”

16,646 likes

I like this one! Ordinary acts of bravery are super important and often don’t get enough credit.

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1984

Goodreads | Amazon

2,564,697 ratings, 4.17 average rating, 57,295 reviews

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”

12,854 likes

Hmmm this one makes you think.  Is it too much to ask for both?  I think one without the other isn’t enough.

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Pride and Prejudice

Goodreads | Amazon

2,554,441 ratings, 4.25 average rating, 56,732 reviews

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

17,293 likes

Urg, I hate this quote.  On its own it is amazing, but it is said insincerely by Miss Bingley when she was trying to get Mr. Darcy’s attention.  I wish it was said by a different character who actually meant it.

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The Hobbit

Goodreads | Amazon

2,512,016 ratings, 4.26 average rating, 42,756 reviews

“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”

3,905 likes

This is a great quote but I am surprised it is the top quote because it is very random.

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If you are wondering if the number of likes a quote has is related to the number of ratings the book has, it doesn’t seem they are.  I was curious so I graphed it:

Have you read any of these? What are your favorite book quotes? Let me know!