Hello!
So we have once again been assigned to
complete a litspiration challenge. This time I thought that I would try to
incorporate multiple books, instead of focusing on just one. After some looking
around, I decided that I would take certain quotes, ones that I connect with or
ones that I find are really inspirational, from some of my favourite books and
share them with you. These are from some of my favourite books of all time...
but definitely not all of them. There are far too many to include them all.
Also the quotes are in no particular order. Before the quotes I state the book
and a slight summery for each.
The Giver - Lois Lowry
In the
future, you are told your life. You have no memories, everyone is equal. No one
can experience strong emotion. No one can experience things like colour, and
beauty. No one that is, except for Jonas. On the day at which you are given
your job, Jonas is shocked when his name isn't called. Only to find out later
on that he has been given the job of becoming the new Giver. This man or woman
holds all the memories of mankind. They are the only ones who can experience
love, true joy, and have the knowledge of happiness. On the other hand, they
are also the only ones who must bear the burden of the pain and catastrophe
that the world has faced. Hunger, poverty and war are unknown aspects to all
but the Giver. When the life of one he loves is put into danger, he faces a
choice. A choice that could change the lives of those all around him...
forever.
“The worst part of the memories is not the
pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
I chose this because I cannot imagine being
unable to share any of my memories. Even happy memories are not happy at all
unless you have someone to share them with.
“If you were to be lost in the river,
Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.”
Even when you or anyone else is gone from
this world, memories are where they live on. They are always there, somewhere
in the world.
Life As We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer
So for
this book I have done a book review on it, so you can find that further below.
Basically this a story that is told by Miranda through her diary. The novel
begins when the moon is knocked incredibly close to the Earth, completely
destroying all the ecosystems of the world. Everyone has to struggle just to
survive, without knowing if those you love are still alive or not.
“I wonder if I’ll have to decide which is
worse, life as we’re living or no life at all.”
Even though Miranda has been through so
much, she still cannot decide whether or not her life is truly worth living.
This goes to show that no matter how hard things may become, the fact that you
are alive is what counts. A quote that has practically the same meaning as this
one, found in this book was, “But I don’t want to have to stop feeling. I
really think I’d rather die than stop feeling.” The fact that without every
emotion that you feel, even the bad ones, you would not be complete. It would
feel like there is something crucial missing from your life, you just wouldn’t
know what.
“I never really thought about how when I
look at the moon it’s the same moon as Shakespeare, Marie Antoinette, George
Washington and Cleopatra looked at.”
Until I read this quote, this thought
never occurred to me. I never realized that the same moon I
look at every night is viewed and has been viewed by everyone and everything on
Earth. This means that from this same moon many people have received
inspiration, leading to greatness. It is the same moon that everyone in the
world looks at every night.
“I wonder if I cry whether my tears would
be gray.”
This quote makes me wonder, could life
ever really become so bleak that there is no longer any colour left? How would
it feel like to lead such a life?
“What’s the point of God making us human
if He doesn’t want us to act like we’re human?’ ‘To see if we can rise above
our natures,’ Megan said.”
I really like this quote because it makes
me wonder, can human beings ever truly rise above their nature. Even if the
world manages to become a utopia, there would always be flaws... wouldn't
there?
“But she is wrong about hell. You don’t have to wait until you’re dead
to get there.”
This quote shows that life can sometimes reach such a low that it is
the equivalent to living in hell. To think that someone’s life is bad enough to
make such a comparison is completely unthinkable to many people, and yet the
fact that there are people who lead such lives really makes you stop and think
about whether or not your life is really that bad.
Once A Witch - Carolyn McCallough
This
story takes place in a world of fantasy. Everyone in Tamsin's family has a
special gift. Everyone, but her. She has grown up with the pity of her
cousins and family, and she is tired of it. Little does she know that she does
indeed have her own gift. One that could completely change the lives of
everyone she loves, for the worse.
“You’re not going to do
anything stupid are you?’ You mean intentionally?”
I really like this quote.
First off because it is completely true for me! Secondly because it shows that
everyone does stupid things, you can choose to embrace the fact or beat
yourself up over it.
“The future is written in
water.”
This quote goes along with
the saying "the future is never carved into stone." The fact that you
shape your future and one slip is all it takes for everything to change.
Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
I am well aware that this is a children's story, but the message that it
gave me when i read it as a child has stayed with me. This is a story about a
pig, Wilbur, and his best friend, a spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur finds
out that he is about to be slaughtered, he becomes absolutely distraught. In
order to save his life, Charlotte creates a web with writing on it, something
that humans assume that Wilbur has done.
“After all, what’s a life
anyway? We’re born, we live a little while, we die.”
I feel that this quote
tells you that the end is inevitable. You can either embrace and work to make
your life worth while, or you can live forever in fear.
“Never hurry and never
worry!”
The reason that I like this
quote is because of the message it gives you.
Divergent - Veronica Roth
Divergent follows the story of Beatrice Prior, or Tris. In a futuristic
society with five different factions, you must choose one that will become what
you revolve your life around. They are certain qualities that the new world
feels the old world was lacking, which led to its doom. There is Abnegation,
who are the selfless, the Candor, who are the honest, Amity, who are the
peaceful, Erudite, who pursue knowledge, and finally the Dauntless who are the
Brave. Everyone fits into one of these factions, except for a select few
individuals who are called the Divergent.
“I have a theory that
selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different.”
I feel that this is
actually very true, but I also feel that all good acts (the ones from the five
factions especially) are incredibly similar. I don't think that it would be
possible to fully believe in just one of those five.
“… there is power in
self-sacrifce.”
Sacrifice is a truly
powerful thing, but self-sacrifice is the strongest of all.
“One choice can transform
you.”
The fact that one small
thing. One decision that you jump into head first, can completely transform
you, is a scary thing. Something that, until you acknowledge you can never
understand the importance of your decisions.
“Lies require commitment.”
If you produce even the
smallest lie, you will find yourself struggling to keep it alive. On top of
that, the bigger the lie gets, the more you have to struggle, so why waste so
much time and energy, that could be used to accomplish something greater?
“Humans can’t tolerate
emptiness for long.”
Everyone needs someone or
something that they can fully depend on. Without anything, you begin to feel
empty, and no one can last like such for long, without completely changing.