This Autumn, my dear friend Imi asked me to write up a post including my favorite quotes of 2018! And like, on top of the fact that I love her, what an amazing blog post idea! Lyrical writing is my favorite thing in literature, and nothing makes me happier than reading passages that give me full body goosebumps! So, here are my ten favorite quotes of 2018, that still leave me completely and utterly speechless! 💛✨
➽ 10.) Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3) by Cassandra Clare
“I love you. I love you. I love you.”
➽ 9.) Skyward (Skyward, #1) by Brandon Sanderson
“You get to choose who you are. Legacy, memories of the past, can serve us well. But we cannot let them define us. When heritage becomes a box instead of an inspiration, it has gone too far.”
➽ 8.) The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner
“If you want to know the history of a town, read the gravestones in its cemetery”
➽ 7.) Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton
“I fell in love with the forest. And the forest loved me back. And so we traded hearts. Mine is here, larger and stronger than it could have been in the small cavern of my body”
➽ 6.) Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
“Because there was nothing in a girl’s history that might negate her right to choose what happens to her body.”
➽ 5.) Sadie by Courtney Summers
“I stood over her crib and listened to her breathing, watching the rise and fall of her tiny chest. I pressed my palm against it and felt myself through her. She was breathing, alive. And I was too.”
➽ 4.) Circe by Madeline Miller
“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
➽ 3.) Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
“Even girls made of stars are captives, bound at the wrists and traded like property. Even girls made of stars aren’t asked, aren’t believed, aren’t considered worth the effort unless they can offer something in return. Even girls made of stars buy into those lies sometimes.”
➽ 2.) The Lost Sisters (The Folk of the Air #1.5) by Holly Black
“Fairy tales are full of girls who wait, who endure, who suffer. Good girls. Obedient girls. Girls who crush nettles until their hands bleed. Girls who haul water for witches. Girls who wander through deserts or sleep in ashes or make homes for transformed brothers in the woods. Girls without hands, without eyes, without the power of speech, without any power at all. But then a prince rides up and sees the girl and finds her beautiful. Beautiful, not despite her suffering, but because of it.”
➽ 1.) The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
“If he looked in my eyes straight on, he would know how he’d pierced me with an arrow, how its shaft was still sticking out of my chest, twitching each time my heart contracted. And maybe he’d see how my mother had sliced up everything else.”
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Wow loved reading it
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Awh, thank you so very much! You are so kind! 💗xx
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My pleasure always
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lovely lovely lovely
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I love youuu! 💗xx
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Aaaaw, these quotes are making my chest tightens even though I haven’t read the books. They’re beautiful and deep and true. 😭😭
–Btw, I remember saying we’ll buddyread before this year ends but it’s now December and I’m so busy… Someday hope we can really buddyread. Enjoy the holidays Mel😘💖
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Awh, Lili! Gosh, I just love you so much! And no worries, we have all of 2019 to read everything together! 💗xx
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I love you too💖💖 2019 then. 🙂
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AAAAH ALL OF THESE QUOTES ARE GORGEOUS!! I really need to read these books!
Also, to quote quote #10, “I love you. I love you. I love you.” I also love this post!! ❤
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Awhhhh! Sapphire! I love YOU so damn much! Thank you, sweetheart! 💗xx
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I love you for doing this. Pls be a yearly thing. 💕💕💕
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I love you for everything! And I think I just might! 💗xx
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fabulous quotes! Your making me want to read all of these book lol!
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Awh, thank you so much, lovely! 💖xx
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Omg this is such a good post!!! All of these quotes are beautiful and this idea is brilliant, wish I was as good at marking quotes so I could actually do this. Anyways, amazing, I don’t have anything else to add, you are a literal queen 😁
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Awh, thank you, my love! I wish I was able to write quotes half as good! Hahaha! You should totally do this post though, because you are legit my book twin and my TBR needs you! And… I just love you a lot! 💖xx
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Love the quote from sisters of the winter wood- I’m looking forward to reading that one! And of course that quote from Circe is gorgeous! And that quote from the astonishing colour of after makes me want to read it even more!! ❤
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That entire book of Sisters of the Winter Wood could be highlighted, I swear! Just wait until you open it up, love! But I hope you’re having the happiest of reading, love! 💖xx
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Wow I love these quotes! I have been putting together a few yearly wrap up posts and also reading a bunch, but I haven’t seen anyone do this! Great quotes too!
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Awh, thank you so much, love! you are too sweet, always! I hope you’re having happy reading and happy holidays! 💖xx
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Thank you! Happy Holidays to you as well! I always like looking back on quotes, I have to remember to add them to Goodreads so they’re all in one place.
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(This is exactly how I compiled this list! Hahaha!) 💖xx
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Hahah I am going to have to do that!
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These are absolutely amazing! So many feels. This is such a unique idea, mind if I steal it (with credit, of course)😜💖
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Awh, you are so damn sweet, love! And steal away, love!! I can’t wait to see what you pick! I hope you’re having happy reading and happy holidays! 💖xx
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Aww, thank you!! You too, of course!!❤❤❤
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So many of these are on my tbr, love! I need to read Strange Grace and Sadie. I adore the quote from Circe! ❤️
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Awh, this warms my heart, Kelly! I hope you love all the ones you pick up! 💖xx
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Oooh – these are good!
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Right? the blessings! hehehe! 💖xx
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I LOVE your choices so, so much! I haven’t read all of these books, but I read and loved The Astonishing Color and that quote is so, so good. I love it. ❤
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Awh, thank you so much, sweetheart! You should totally do a post like this too, because I know I’d fall in love with your picks! 💖xx
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Awww, I’ll have to think about it! 😀 ❤
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WOW OKAY YOU JUST ATTACKED ME WITH THE QOAAD QUOTE
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Lmao! I attacked myself! Like…. Cassie gives me so many good quotes. And i know this one a bit basic, but… i can’t look at it and not cry… so……. 💖xx
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This is such an amazing post and these quotes are all so beautiful 😀💜💜💜
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Awh, thank you, my love! Ahhh! My heart has so much love for you! I hope you’re having the happiest of holidays, beautiful! 💞xx
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You’re welcome and thanks 😀 I hope your having an amazing holiday too 💜💜💜
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Ooh, lovely selection of quotes! ❤ I especially like the one for The Sisters of the Winter Wood. 🙂
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Awh, thank you, love! I hope you’re having happy reading and holidays! 💗xx
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