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My goal this year is to read more classics. I've done a pretty good job with it so far. Here are some quotes from recent classic reads.

Quotes From Classic Books

I also buried a part of my life along with my dog. - Where The Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. - One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez

Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter. - Persuasion, Jane Austen

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. - Persuasion, Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. - Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature. - Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. - Mansfield Park, Jane Austen

The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight. - Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry

If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen. - Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. - Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

Do you have a favorite quote from a classic book?