North Birmingham Library Shares Their Favorite Book Quotations—What Are Yours?

As a way of celebrating some of our favorite writers, we wanted to share a few of our favorite quotations from a handful of items in the collection here at the North Birmingham Regional Branch Library.

"But perhaps no parent can truly see their child. When we look we see only the mirror of our own faults."—Madeline Miller from Circe

"You have a chance and a choice to be what you are. To build on all that came before, reach for what comes next. To fail, well, greatness rises from first failures."—Nora Roberts from The Awakening

"Intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike. But your denial doesn't matter. A cancer growing in someone's body will go on growing in spite of denial."—Octavia E. Butler from Dawn

"There are no lines. For everything is a circle, turning back on itself endlessly. This is not to make you dizzy, but to give you the chance to get it right the next time."—Robert Jones Jr. from The Prophets

"Our system is focused on blame and punishment and not on healing and learning."—Dashka Slater from The 57 Bus

"This was a southern home, and even blood enemies wouldn't draw swords before coffee and cornbread."—Daryl Gregory from Revelator

"I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."—J. R. R. Tolkien from The Lord of the Rings

What are some of your favorite book quotations? Let us know in the comments on this blog and on our Facebook page!

Check out the Black History Month programs we are hosting this February, like our Black History Quotes Trivia or our Lights Out movie screening program happening this Friday, February 16, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. 

By Jana Brown | Library Assistant Ⅲ, North Birmingham Regional Branch Library, Adult Department