Top Ten Tuesday – Book Quotes

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is a great one – Top Ten Thoughtful/Inspirational Book Quotes. Boy oh boy, where do I even begin? Children’s literature is absolutely littered with incredible lines that will stick with you for the rest of your life, so narrowing this list down to only ten entries was quite the challenge!

And so, I present to you, ten of my favourite lines/passages from children’s books. Enjoy!

” ‘Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.’ “

Charlotte’s Web – E. B. White

“I don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to understand things for them to be.”

A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

The Hobbit – J. R. R. Tolkien

“‘We’ll be Friends Forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet.
‘Even longer,’ Pooh answered.”

Winnie the Pooh – A. A. Milne

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” 

Winnie the Pooh – A. A. Milne

“People who have not been in Narnia sometimes think that a thing cannot be good and terrible at the same time.”

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe – C. S. Lewis

“He wondered how his nana always found beautiful where he never even thought to look.”

Last Stop on Market Street – Matt de la Pena

“All grown-ups were once children…but only a few of them remember it.”

The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.” 

The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

“Where is sad?
Sad is anywhere.
It comes along and finds you.

When is sad?
Sad is any time.
It comes along and finds you.

Who is sad?
Sad is anyone.
It comes along and finds you.”

Michael Rosen’s Sad Book – Michael Rosen

Have you read any of the books I’ve quoted from? What are some of your favourite book quotes?