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Originally posted by: DreamOfEndless

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

– J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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“The sister played so beautifully. Her face was tilted to one side and she followed the notes with soulful and probing eyes. Gregor advanced a little, keeping his eyes low so that they might possibly meet hers. Was he a beast if music could move him so?”

― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

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“Let’s consider your age to begin with — how old are you?’

‘I’m seven and a half exactly.’

‘You needn’t say “exactually,”’ the Queen remarked: ‘I can believe it without that. Now I’ll give you something to believe. I’m just one hundred and one, five months and a day.’

‘I can’t believe that!’ said Alice.

‘Can’t you?’ the Queen said in a pitying tone. ‘Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.’

Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said: ‘one can’t believe impossible things.’

‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Hi Tia !!

It's been really long. What happened to our private forumn ? (The one where we used to discuss all shows like dear ishq . Could send me the link ?

This new thread is amazing !! Would love to add my fav quotes ..

Originally posted by: vaidharbhi95

Hi Tia !!

It's been really long. What happened to our private forumn ? (The one where we used to discuss all shows like dear ishq . Could send me the link ?

This new thread is amazing !! Would love to add my fav quotes ..

Hey vaidharbhi!

Good to see you after so long

Nothing happened, it just became inactive with time.

Sure, do share your favorite quotes. It would be fun to discuss books ❤️

Trigger warning: Suicide/Self-harm

Some quotes from The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood that I am currently reading:

“Above, on the white ceiling, a relief ornament in the shape of a wreath, and in the centre of it a blank space, plastered over, like the place in a face where the eye has been taken out. There must have been a chandelier, once. They’ve removed anything you could tie a rope to.”

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“ I know why there is no glass, in front of the watercolour picture of blue irises, and why the window only opens partly and why the glass in it is shatterproof. It isn’t running away they’re afraid of. We wouldn’t get far. It’s those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge.”

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“Where I am is not a prison but a privilege, as Aunt Lydia said, who was in love with either/or.”

These quotes describe what kind of circumstances the handmaids lived in, got goosebumps while reading it. This book gets really dark as it proceeds, reader discretion advised.

Book name- Break Your Glass Slipper.

Author - Amanda Lovelace

Quote -

Some people are simply committed to being unkind, & it is not your job to convince them to change. All you can do is give them all the kindness you have, & if they don't return it, then they aren't worth your sugar

I would also like to mention My another favourite quote . It's is actually from my book.

Book name- Bloom

Author - Sneha Narayanan

I wrote an entire poem based on a quote ( I had written the quote for some contest. Now it's published)

Happiness is the fruit of tranquillity and oneness...

Originally posted by: DreamOfEndless

Trigger warning: Suicide/Self-harm

Some quotes from The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood that I am currently reading:

“Above, on the white ceiling, a relief ornament in the shape of a wreath, and in the centre of it a blank space, plastered over, like the place in a face where the eye has been taken out. There must have been a chandelier, once. They’ve removed anything you could tie a rope to.”

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“ I know why there is no glass, in front of the watercolour picture of blue irises, and why the window only opens partly and why the glass in it is shatterproof. It isn’t running away they’re afraid of. We wouldn’t get far. It’s those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge.”

***

“Where I am is not a prison but a privilege, as Aunt Lydia said, who was in love with either/or.”

These quotes describe what kind of circumstances the handmaids lived in, got goosebumps while reading it. This book gets really dark as it proceeds, reader discretion advised.

the one I am reading has beautiful emotional scenes as well will pull out and place here

Very good effort by you Ritu.

Poetry, in my opinion, is the essence of literature, and fiction is the domain of the imagination, I am an avid fan of poetry!

Here I am sharing a few verses from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Whitman's primary tenet—that poetry should be spoken, not written—directed the idea and structure of his poems. He employed tactics of repetition and reiteration, such as in "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking,"

“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.

You must travel it by yourself.

It is not far. It is within reach.

Perhaps you have been on it since you were born and did not know.

Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.”

― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Whitman expanded the possibilities of poetic diction in his poetry by incorporating colloquialisms, slang, and regional dialects instead of the formal, academic language that was prevalent in nineteenth-century verse. In a similar vein, he expanded the pool of possible subjects by detailing a wide range of emotions and locations.

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”

― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

One could characterize Walt Whitman's free verse poetry as having an ambiguous framework. Whitman's free verse poetry does not have a set form, in contrast to traditional poetry, which follows a rhyme scheme or meter.

It instantly establishes a connection with your soul, transporting it to a mental dimension and causing you to experience a puddle of agitated feelings!

“I accept Time absolutely.

It alone is without flaw,

It alone rounds and completes all,

That mystic baffling wonder.”

― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

"You've been a walking insecurity since you dated her." - She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen (please, if my big sister called me a 'walking insecurity' I'd cry)

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"I gave him power over me - power over what I do, power over my identity. No more." - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed

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“Funny, I don’t feel very beaten.” - Kamala Khan the icon that you are

“If I had, you know, leisure time, I might contemplate the dramatic irony of fighting a giant version of myself. But you know what? I have no leisure time, and screw dramatic irony.” - she was so real for thinking this

- Ms. Marvel, Vol. 5: Super Famous

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“I don’t see the wires. I don’t see the breathing tubes. I don’t hear the monitors. I see a seven-year old kid with a band-aid on his chin. A kid who proved everybody wrong.”

- Ms. Marvel, Vol. 6: Civil War II

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“For a second there, I forgot what heroes do. Sometimes you gotta take an actual bullet. Sometimes, you gotta take a metaphorical bullet. Sometimes, the second kind is actually more painful.” - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 7: Damage Per Second

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“So this is literally a slow-motion train wreck waiting to happen?! This is my whole life in one garbage metaphor.” - please I felt that in my soul

- Ms. Marvel, Vol. 8: Mecca

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“Like liquefied gold, the extracts of melted-down dreams could be combined and fashioned into something new, overwriting the past. Creation stemming from destruction. Human imagination distilled into story. And Venkat loved a good story.” - pg. 38

"The rotted flowers gave a sickening crunch and burst, spewing bloodred beetles with silver razor blades for wings." - pg. 51

“She was going to ram Karan’s sparkler crown down his throat, that self-serving little snitch.” - pg. 357 (just for lols)

- The Dream Runners by Shveta Thakrar

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“You’re going to hell for lying to your own mother. At least Declan and you can remain together in the afterlife.” - Ch. 4, pg. 33

“You had to go and tie yourself to someone with more daddy issues than you.” - Ch. 5, pg. 43

“You don’t deserve ten seconds, let alone ten minutes of my time.” // “How about ten words then?” // “I’d like to see you try.” // “I am falling in love with you, Iris Elizabeth Kane.” - Ch. 34, pg. 337

- Terms and Conditions (Dreamland Billionaires #2) by Lauren Asher

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“I’m so glad this is real.” // “I wish this could be real.” - Ch. 23 + 24 (don't quote me on that, I could be wrong, but like the juxtaposition of the two POVs going from that first quote at the end of one chapter to starting off the next one with that second quote - RUDE, nobody talk to me)

“They can pry my husband away from my cold, dead, pansexual ass.” - Dex Mitchell, my favourite himbo

- Irresponsible Puckboy (Puckboys #2) by Saxon James & Eden Finley

I never get why white men are grumpy. Like, we’re living in a patriarchy. You’re the most privileged class on the face of the earth. You’re not walking to your car with your keys through your fingers like wolverine and you’ve got bodily autonomy, why the bad mood?

We lose the words to say it. We lose the ability to show it. But we never lose the ability to feel it or recognize it when we see it.

Love is the brightest color in a gray world.

You think that it’s the big memories you should be chasing—and it is in a way. Birthdays and vacations and special occasions. But the small memories are the fabric of your life, the ones so inconsequential that you don’t even remember them. You just remember how you felt when you were making them.

I think there are two types of people you fall in love with.

The ones who are a good fit. Their lifestyle matches yours, you share the same values and beliefs, you find them attractive and you like spending time with them. It’s good. Great even. You can live your whole life with this person and be madly in love and never want anything different…unless you’ve already met the other type of person you fall in love with.

The One.

- Say you'll remember me by Abby Jimenez

"Strength isn't always loud. Sometimes it's a quiet power that isn't so obvious to the world."

- Give me butterflies by Jillian Meadows

Thanks Lizzie for the tag

Will post those quotes over here