Top Ten Tuesday: Intriguing Quotes From Books I’ve Read Recently

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is all about book quotes. I chose ten intriguing quotes from books I’ve read so far in 2018. Some of these quotes come from Goodreads, so I can’t guarantee that they’re 100% accurate. Remember what Abraham Lincoln said about quotes on the internet:  

Intriguing Quotes From Books I’ve Read Recently

“My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There’s no version of God that can help us if we ever lose that.” – Scythe – Neal Shusterman

“Small towns are best for spending Christmas, I think. They catch the mood quicker and change and come alive under its spell.” – The Complete Stories of Truman Capote – Truman Capote

“We're all monsters. We're all careless and cruel in the end.” – This Monstrous Thing – Mackenzi Lee

“Many girls at school were infatuated with his shallow athletic splendor and his golden handsome features that were biologically inherited and had nothing to do with the kind of person he might actually be.” – Criss Cross – Lynn Rae Perkins

“Human nature is both predictable and mysterious; prone to great and sudden advances, yet still mired in despicable self-interest.” – Scythe – Neal Shusterman

“The trick and the beauty of language is that it seems to order the whole universe, misleading us into believing that we live in sight of a rational space, a possible harmony.” – The Dumb House – John Burnside

“If you can't be yourself with yourself, how can you be you with other people?” – Still Points North – Leigh Newman

“I feel rather drab and shy for a few minutes. But then I remember that I am old and nobody is looking at me.” – Elizabeth is Missing – Emma Healey

“I remember when the houses used to whiz by as I walked—nearly running—to and from home. Ma would ask me afterwards about what I’d seen, whether certain neighbors were out, what I thought about someone’s new garden wall. I’d never noticed; it had all gone past in a flash. Now I have plenty of time to look at everything, and no one to tell what I’ve seen.” – Elizabeth is Missing – Emma Healey

“The trouble with being too careful about your wishes, though, was that you could end up with a wish so shapeless that it could come true and you wouldn’t even know it, or it wouldn’t matter.” – Criss Cross – Lynn Rae Perkins

Tell me about a good book you've read recently.