Thursday, June 21, 2012

Booking Through Thursday: Quotable

This week BTT asks: "Do you have a favorite quote from a book?" And as a matter of fact, I do have some favorite quotes. In fact, I have hundreds of them! Possibly thousands! But don't worry -- I won't repeat them here.

Actually, a few years back, Booking Through Thursday asked a couple of similar questions about favorite opening and closing passages from books, and you can take a look at my answers here and here.

But for today's topic -- whenever anyone asks me about a favorite quote, one sentence always springs to mind:
Reader, I married him.
It's from Jane Eyre, and while it's not the absolute last line of the book (I believe it's the first sentence of the final chapter), I've always thought it really should be. It's such a wonderful way to bring one of the world's most romantic novels to a close.

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8 comments:

  1. StephenJune 21, 2012 at 10:02 AM

    It's certainly an effective close to a grand story!

    (I would be too hard-pressed to chose just one quotation, of course. ;))

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  2. AnonymousJune 21, 2012 at 10:51 AM

    A great short quote, stop and see mine.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/06/booking-through-thursday_21.html

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  3. bermudaonionJune 21, 2012 at 11:04 AM

    I love the quote - it makes me want to read the book.

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  4. UnknownJune 21, 2012 at 11:46 AM

    Yay, Jane Eyre, I loooove that book :)

    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/06/booking-through-thursday_21.html

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  5. City Girl Who Loves to ReadJune 21, 2012 at 12:13 PM

    Jane Eyre fan, nice quote.

    here's mine:

    http://citygirlwholovestoread.blogspot.com/2012/06/booking-through-thursday.html

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  6. Gigi AnnJune 21, 2012 at 3:42 PM

    I loved Jane Eyre, it was one of my all time favorite books. I read it for the second time a year or two ago.

    Thanks for the visit today.

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  7. beccabookloverJune 21, 2012 at 6:28 PM

    I read Jane Eyre as part of my university course and I loved it. This quote is just so lovely. I think it really captures Jane's happiness in being married to Rochester. I've always loved the ending of the book :)

    Here's my BTT:
    http://lostinthought-becca.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/booking-through-thursday-3.html

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  8. LiJune 22, 2012 at 12:55 PM

    I think that's the line that I remembered the most from the novel (also the scene when Rochester and Jane admit their love for each other and he proposes to her). It's simple but the effect is amazing!

    Thanks for dropping by yesterday =)

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