Tag Archives: Quotes

Friday 56: Vol. 3

July 10, 2015 Conny Kaufmann 9 Comments

The Friday 56 is a blog hop by Freda’s Voice and the rules are simple:

Turn to the nearest book.
Open it on page 56.
Post a sentence or two.
Join the linky.
Go crazy on the linky.

“These nicknames fascinated Julia; their inexplicable specifity was confounding. During her formative years in Milwaukee, nicknames had always been obvious and derivative: A left-handed person might be called “Lefty,” or a big-boned girl would be labeled “Moose.” Milwaukee slang was also less adhesive; if you put peroxide in your hair, you might get called “Blondie” for one summer (or maybe even for half a school year), but that kind of moniker was never permanent. This was not the case in Owl.”

– Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman

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Friday 56: Vol. 2

July 3, 2015 Conny Kaufmann 6 Comments

The Friday 56 is a blog hop by Freda’s Voice and the rules are simple:

Turn to the nearest book.
Open it on page 56.
Post a sentence or two.
Join the linky.
Go crazy on the linky.

“Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior converted her attention from masticating her tail to trying to lick clean the hero’s spectacles, which I will tell you were in need of cleaning. I write that she was trying because the hero was not being sociable.”

– Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top 10 Quotes from Books

June 23, 2015 Conny Kaufmann 7 Comments

Top Ten Tuesdays are hosted by The Broke & the Bookish. This week should feature the top ten of Top Ten Tuesday Topics, but seeing as I only started to participate recently, I do not have a top ten yet. So I decided to share my Top 10 Quotes From Books, a topic the others covered on April 14.

Let’s see whether you can work out my favourite authors, shall we?

1.) “Not all those who wander are lost.” – Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

This quote remains my absolute favourite quote. As someone who likes to travel, Bilbo’s poem to Aragorn / Strider is the perfect reminder that travel also serves a purpose and wanderers are by no means lost.

2.) “I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” – Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

I read The Fellowship of the Ring when I was still learning English. It took me a while to figure out what Bilbo says here. But I just adore the sass in this quote.

3.) “To a great mind, nothing is little.” – Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Just a reminder that even to the greatest mind, nothing is insignificant. So why do simpler minds think details are not important?

4.) “The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” – Opening sentence of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Fiction imitates life. I think this is brilliant.