Another quick pause in my A to Z Challenge theme to bring you another cool blog tour. This guest post includes another of my obsessions, quote.
Let me introduce you to Rebecca Berto.
Favorite quotes for writers and readers
We social media addicts are suckers for a good quote. From our favorite books. One of those inspirational pictures on Facebook. The right quote can make your day, and being the social media junkie I am, I have my favorite ones from books and writing in this guest post to get you going.
As the author of Drowning in You, I have many favorite quotes and snippets, but these are others I’ve collected and I hope they resonate with you, too.
I know. You’re welcome. Here you go:
“First drafts are like falling in love; you think everything is great. Second drafts are like marriage; you see all the faults.”
— Rebecca Berto
I came across these from Tweeters and still I cry, “YES!” when re-reading:
“Overly describing a passing character is like hiring a decorator for a hotel room you’ll only be staying the weekend.”
— @PureText
“Female PoV characters notice more facial expressions, male PoVs typically notice posture more.”
— @RayneHall
And then there are my favorites from awesome authors that make me LOL:
“i have never regretted staying home with a book. i have often regretted having conversations with people.”
— @TaherehMafi
“I’m listening to that Mariah Carey song ‘Always Be My Baby’ because I need to unlock my inner-high school angst to write this book.”
— @MirandaKennealy
And, my bookish addicts, these are some from my favorite books:
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
— J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“He’s like a drug for you, Bella.”
— Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse
“The moment my lips touch yours, it will be your first kiss. Because if you’ve never felt anything when someone’s kissed you, then no one’s ever really kissed you. Not the way I plan on kissing you.”
— Colleen Hoover, Hopeless
“There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There’s .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I’m likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.”
— John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
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On book quotes, I truly love those that are about love, but also the struggles in life. Drowning in You is the type of book that will take you on a journey of love and pain. I hope you can find a favorite quote from the novel as I have, too!
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