- Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice: "There was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner which made it difficult for her to affront anybody."
- it goes on: "...and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her. He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger." LOL OOPS
- Mary Bennett from Pride and Prejudice: "Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how."
- Zeb from MaddAddam: "Eating the local foods was a principle of his."
- you realize how totally serious Zeb is about this after you read the Chuck storyline
- Doc Homer from Animal Dreams: "God, why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much."
- Daisy from The Great Gatsby: "A damp streak of hair lay like a dash of blue paint across her cheek and her hand was wet with glistening drops as I took it to help her from the car."
- or maybe: "'Her voice is full of money,' Gatsby said suddenly." Though possibly that's my favorite line about Gatsby.
- Paul Atreides from Dune: "It is said of Muad'Dib that once he watched a desert hawk chick emerge from its shell and whispered: 'Kull wahad! (I am profoundly moved).'"
- Dunbar from Catch-22: "Dunbar loved shooting skeet because he hated every minute of it and the time passed so slowly....'Well, maybe it is true,' Clevinger conceded unwillingly in a subdued tone. 'Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it’s to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?' 'I do,' Dunbar told him. 'Why?' Clevinger asked. 'What else is there?'"
- Khristo from Night Soldiers: "'Lovers don't care about a little rain,' she said. He turned her face toward him and kissed her on the lips. 'I am in love,' he said softly, sliding his arm beneath the sheepskin coat and circling her waist, 'but I am getting wet.' 'Some ferocious Bulgar you turned out to be. Whose ancestors rode the steppes.' 'Those were Mongols.' 'Oh? Well then, what did the ferocious Bulgars do?' 'Stayed dry,' he said, 'when they could.'"
- Cheng Xin in Death's End: "For a woman, was there any greater happiness than to be given a star by someone who loved her?" (j/k this is my favorite line about Cixin Liu)
feb 7 2014 ∞
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