Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Inspiring/Meaningful Quotes from Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

This week's topic asks us to list our favorite inspiring or meaningful quotes from books we've read. I actually thought this would be hard, but it ended up being much easier than expected. If you click the book covers, it'll take you to the Goodreads page.

1.

"Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy-all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but YOU are the light inside."

-Jem from Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare 

2.

“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.” 
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

3.

"They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born."

-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love

4.

“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through your fingers. So much time you can waste it.
But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.” 
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

5.

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” 
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

6.

“Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment of the whole society, but blessed in the twinkle of the morning star is the one who nurtures it and rides it, in grace and love and wit, from peculiar station to peculiar station along life's bittersweet route.” 
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

7.

“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” 
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

8.

“Not living your life is just like killing yourself, only it takes longer.” 
― A.S. King, Glory O'Brien's History of the Future

9.

“Listen to me. They may control what you do, but no one can pee on your soul without your permission.” 
― A.S. King, Everybody Sees the Ants

10.

“If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.” 
― John Green, Paper Towns

What are your favorite quotes?

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<3 Michelle