"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."
— Cornelia Funke (Inkheart)

""Her curiosity was too much for her. She felt almost as if she could hear the books whispering on the other side of the half-open door. They were promising her a thousand unknown stories, a thousand doors into worlds she had never seen before"

"
— -Cornellia Funke, Inkheart

"Elrond: Nine companions. So be it. You shall be the fellowship of the ring.
Pippin: Great! Where are we going?

"
— Lord of the Rings

"Arwen to Aragorn: I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.
"
— Lord of the Rings

"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!


"
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause."
— George Lucas

"The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Not a good place to live. Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness - and love. Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly."
— Cornelia Funke (Inkheart Trilogy: Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath)

"...perhaps because this time not fear but love made him read.

-Inkdeath"
— Cornelia Funke

"Most uncomfortable! Did we lose anyone? Head count! Lee Ark, Leetu, and Brunstetter. Three. Should we count the meech egg? No, I think not. Don't drop it, Brunstetter. I'm to take it home and raise it. Ridiculous. Being a parent at my age. Where were we? Oh, yes, three. One o'rant, two kimens, two minor dragons. Eight. A librarian and a diplomat. Ten."
— Donita K. Paul, DragonSpell

"...If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most, or else just silly."
— C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: BBC Dramatization)

"It is finished. Aslan from The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe"
— C S Lewis

"Sometimes love isn't fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly."
— Janette Oke (Love Comes Softly)

"'Wear pink!' her mother had said. 'It confuses the enemy.'"
— Donita K. Paul

"He fainted. Then he came to and remembered what happened and fainted again."
— Donita K. Paul (DragonSpell)

"To the wise, a prick on the finger avoids a hole in the heart."
— Donita K. Paul

"A mouse slid out from under his hat and scrambled down his sleeve, across his lap, and down to the floor.
'Nothing,' said Fenworth, 'should distract from a wizard's dignity.'"
— Donita K. Paul, DragonQuest

"There's nothing like a mission to save the world to liven up a vacation."
— Donita K. Paul, DragonQuest

"Gymn says your fine. He's examined your internal organs and found nothing lacking."
— Donita K. Paul, DragonSpell

"'Now it's like a fog has lifted. I sense Leetu just as clearly as I can see the moon.'
'Your eyes are closed, and the moon as a haze around it.'"
— Donita K. Paul, DragonSpell

"Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. "
— Christopher Paolini (Eragon)

"Eragon looked back at him, confused. 'I don't understand.'

'Of course you don't,' said Brom impatiently. 'That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around....'"
— Christopher Paolini (Eragon)

"Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe."
— Christopher Paolini (Eragon)

"Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?"
— Christopher Paolini

"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia."
— E.L. Doctorow

"“The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.”"
— E. L. Doctorow

"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
— E.L. Doctorow

"It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting."
— Lemony Snicket (The Grim Grotto)

"They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so."
— Lemony Snicket (The Bad Beginning)

"The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught."
— Lemony Snicket (The Blank Book)

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"Inigo Montoya: That Vizzini, he can *fuss*.
Fezzik: Fuss, fuss... I think he like to scream at *us*.
Inigo Montoya: Probably he means no *harm*.
Fezzik: He's really very short on *charm*.
Inigo Montoya: You have a great gift for rhyme.
Fezzik: Yes, yes, some of the time.
Vizzini: Enough of that.
Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?
Fezzik: If there are, we all be dead.
Vizzini: No more rhyming now, I mean it.
Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut?
Vizzini: DYEEAAHHHHHH."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"Have fun storming the castle!"
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"Is this a kissing book?"
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"As you wish."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"I'm not a witch, I'm your wife! But after what you just said, I'm not sure I want to be that anymore!"
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"Mawidge is a dweam wiffin a dweam."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"You have a dizzying intellect."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)