Favourite Book Quotes

A selection of my favourite quotes from books I have read:


Funny:

"...I waited for my thighs and butt to uncramp. Of course, they didn't know the loosening rule. They were screaming things like *Are you crazy? Do you know we're thirty-five years old? Sit down and feed us a Twinkie!* - Shannon Parker"
— P.C. Cast (Divine By Mistake)

"what's your name?"
what?" i asked, squinting at the light.
your name." I reconized Dr. Olendzki peering over me.
you know my name."
I want you to tell me."
Rose. Rose Hathaway."
Do you know your birthday?"
Of course I do. Why are you asking me such stupid things? Did you lose my records?"
Dr. Olendzki gave an exasperated sigh and walked off, taking the annoying light with her. "I think she's fine,"
— Richelle Mead (Frostbite)

"The world is not full of crazy ninja perfume ladies!"
— Elisa Paige (Shadowplay)

"We're, ah, taking a break to evaluate things, and, um, reexamine our relationship, so I stuffed him in a closet!" I burst out in shame. Timmie's eyes goggled.
Is he still there?"
— Jeaniene Frost (Halfway to the Grave)

Romantic:

"I will love you always. When this red hair is white, I will still love you. When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin. When your face is full of the lines of every smile you have ever smiled, of every surprise I have seen flash through your eyes, when every tear you have ever cried has left its mark upon your face,I will treasure you all the more, because I was there to see it all. I will share your life with you, Meredith, and I will love you until the last breath leaves your body or mine."
— Laurell K. Hamilton (A Lick of Frost)

"Puck whispered, smiling to soften his words. “I wouldn’t defy Oberon for just anyone. But, for you…” He leaned forward, touching his forehead to mine. “I’d come back from the dead for you."
— Julie Kagawa (The Iron Daughter)

"I stared at him in silence. There were so many things I wanted to say. Like, How could you think what I feel for you is only physical? or, Don't you know you're my best friend? and finally, Bones, I love-"
— Jeaniene Frost (Halfway to the Grave)

"I'm crazy about you, Archangel. You scare the shit out of me at times, but I want to dance with you anyway.

-Elena to Raphael"
— Nalini Singh (Angels' Blood)

Poignant:

"There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds."
— Laurell K. Hamilton (Mistral's Kiss)