Favorite lines from books - God speed, Sir Terry
Today at BWN, the current Incubus episode has one of my favorite lines in the whole book, and always makes me tear up a little.
"I am what I am, Nathan. And I am for you."
Of course you'll have to go read it to know who says that. :-)
I have so many moments like that, lines that I love no matter how critical I am of other sections (we're all our own worst critics, right?). Just like I have favorite lines from other people's books.
It surprised me a little how much Sir Terry Pratchett's passing affected me. Honestly, I haven't read many of his books, just have a long list of must-reads I never seem to get to, but Good Omens, which he shares with fellow amazing writer Neil Gaiman, remains one of my favorite books of all time.
When Pratchett passed I was overwhelmed with a desire to reread some of my favorite parts of the book, and so I did. Three particularly wonderful scenes for me are of course when Crowley and Aziraphale get drunk and plot out preventing the apocalypse, when they run over Anathema, and when Crowley reaches the final scenes in his burning car.
"That's probably because your car is on fire."
Makes me laugh every time. :-) I go back and read my own work in similar fashion - I'm doing it now with a few things, as I find it really helps inspire me when working on a new story, which I'm also doing now, and oh are you all in for a treat when my new boys are ready to roll.
I can only hope that there are others out there who - while I doubt it could ever be to the extent of fans of Pratchett - are soothed and filled with joy rereading some of their favorite lines from my stories. When it has happened to me in the past, where people let me know they recently reread my work and loved it just as much as the first time, somehow that means more than an initial review.
To memorable moments in our writing and in the stories we love! To Sir Terry and all the books I have yet to read!
Any favorite lines and scenes you fine folks would like to share? Please do!
"I am what I am, Nathan. And I am for you."
Of course you'll have to go read it to know who says that. :-)
I have so many moments like that, lines that I love no matter how critical I am of other sections (we're all our own worst critics, right?). Just like I have favorite lines from other people's books.
It surprised me a little how much Sir Terry Pratchett's passing affected me. Honestly, I haven't read many of his books, just have a long list of must-reads I never seem to get to, but Good Omens, which he shares with fellow amazing writer Neil Gaiman, remains one of my favorite books of all time.
When Pratchett passed I was overwhelmed with a desire to reread some of my favorite parts of the book, and so I did. Three particularly wonderful scenes for me are of course when Crowley and Aziraphale get drunk and plot out preventing the apocalypse, when they run over Anathema, and when Crowley reaches the final scenes in his burning car.
"That's probably because your car is on fire."
Makes me laugh every time. :-) I go back and read my own work in similar fashion - I'm doing it now with a few things, as I find it really helps inspire me when working on a new story, which I'm also doing now, and oh are you all in for a treat when my new boys are ready to roll.
I can only hope that there are others out there who - while I doubt it could ever be to the extent of fans of Pratchett - are soothed and filled with joy rereading some of their favorite lines from my stories. When it has happened to me in the past, where people let me know they recently reread my work and loved it just as much as the first time, somehow that means more than an initial review.
To memorable moments in our writing and in the stories we love! To Sir Terry and all the books I have yet to read!
Any favorite lines and scenes you fine folks would like to share? Please do!
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Mar 19, 2015 09:30AM
I love how they get the idea for making paper money by observing Morporkians sign their name over a postage stamp affixed to handmade checks. A lot of his work was silly for the sake of silly, but there were times when he could be genius insightful. He will be missed.
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