I’ve already covered my favourite fiction books of 2019 – but I thought I’d post a few of my favourite quotes from them.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I mark up my non-fiction books and underline passages I like, so there’s way more than I could include here – so I’ve decided to just stick to the fiction.
Anyway, here we go:
“Man has come to dominate the planet thanks to two essential traits. One is intelligence. The other has been the absolute willingness to kill anyone and anything that gets in his way.” – Cell, Stephen King.
“Pick your enemies more carefully than your friends, they will be with you longer.” – Half a King, Joe Abercrombie.
“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door…Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” – Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury.
“The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.” – Lord of the Flies, William Goulding.
“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.” + “I don’t want to die without any scars.” – Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk (I couldn’t decide which one I liked more.)
“And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity.” – Pet Semetary, Stephen King.
“You may wonder about long-term solutions. I assure you, there are none. All wounds are mortal. Take what’s given. You sometimes get a little slack in the rope but the rope always has an end. So what? Bless the slack and don’t waste your breath cursing the drop. A grateful heart knows that in the end we all swing.” – Skeleton Crew, Stephen King.
“Once you’ve got a task to do, it’s better to do it than live with the fear of it.” – The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie.
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These barely scratch the surface of the quotes I liked – some for their meaning and others because of how well they were written (You can decide which was which.)
These post could be pages long, but I thought I’d keep it short and sweet.
Zachariah Lewis 