Top 10 Tuesday is hosted by the lovely folks over at The Broke And The Bookish.  Every week, there’s a topic, and people from all over the world share their lists based on that topic.

This week’s topic: my 10 favorite quotes from books.  This was a lot easier than last week’s list, because there are so many great quotes out there.  Seriously, I could do 10 quotes just from Harry Potter.  But that’s not fair to all the other quotes out there, so I am limiting myself to one quote per book or series.

I decided to pick 10 books that I really like, and then pick my favorite quote from those 10 books.  Enjoy!

1- “I told Augustus the broad outline of my miracle: diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer when I was thirteen. (I didn’t tell him that the diagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratulations! You’re a woman. Now die.)”  From The Fault In Our Star by John Green.  It was so hard to pick one quote from this book!  There are a lot of thought-provoking ones, and also a lot of funny ones.  I decided to go with one of the funy ones.

2- “I don’t go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.”  From Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling.  First of all, picking one quote from HP was ridiculously hard.  And second, picking one book was hard! I went with this quote because 1- I love PoA, and think it’s generally awesome, and 2- I think this sums up the series fairly well.  It’s also pretty amusing.

3- “I’d spend about an hour, my room darkening around me, wondering what the hell happened to make me so unsure of who I even was. Because who you are is supposed to be the easiest question in the world to answer, right? Only for me it hadn’t been easy for a very long time.”  From Hate List by Jennifer Brown.

4- “I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head, too?”  From Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.  I love Speak, and it sums up what Melinda’s going through so well.

5- “Bravo,” said Grimalkin, peering down from Cold Tom’s chest. “The Winter prince and Oberon’s jester agreeing on something. The world must be ending.”  From The Iron King by Julie Kagawa.  There are so many great lines in the entire series, but I love The Iron King was such an interesting and good introduction to the series.  I love Grim and his sarcasm.

6- “Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when it’s morning again, they’ll wash away
Here it’s safe, here it’s warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.”

From The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  I know going with Rue’s Lullaby is  the obvious choice, but I love it anyway.  It just seems to fit.

7- “Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?” From Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.  Wintergirls was so heartbreaking, and it seems to describe the pain Lia is in so well.  I understand her struggles so well it’s scary, and I can relate to this quote a lot.

8- “If you aren’t unhappy sometimes you don’t know how to be happy.” From A Wrinkle In Time by Madelein L’Engle.  I like this quote, and it reminds me that it’s okay to be unhappy sometimes.  This one just jumped out at me, and it’s going on my list!

9- “’Why does everyone keep asking me that?'” Seriously, did I look like some sort of pyscho assassin? Maybe it was the pink sneakers. Or the heart earrings?”   From Paranormalcy by Kierstan White.  There are so many funny quotes from Paranormalcy, and this is one of those favorite quotes.  Evie’s so funny, and her love of all things pink and girly is so cool!

10- “What I know is you can’t go back. You can’t press delete and re-key your life.” From By The Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead by Julie Ann Peters.  I love this quote, and how many times have you wished you could control-alt-delete something?  It’s a great book, and this is one of my favorite quotes from it.

So these are 10 of my favorite quotes.  What are some of your favorite quotes from books?