A Literature Blog

01

1984

“Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” 
― George Orwell, 1984

“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.” 
― George Orwell, 1984

 

02

THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE

“It’s dark now and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing.”

― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

“Maybe I'm dreaming you. Maybe you're dreaming me; maybe we only exist in each other's dreams and every morning when we wake up we forget all about each other.” 
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

 

03

THE GIVER

“I don't know what you mean when you say 'the whole world' or 'generations before him.'I thought there was only us. I thought there was only now.” 
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

“You may lie.” 
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

 

04

MACBETH

HECATE 
"Have I not reason, beldams as you are?
Saucy and overbold, how did you dare 
To trade and traffic with Macbeth 
In riddles and affairs of death,
And I, the mistress of your charms, 
The close contriver of all harms,
Was never call'd to bear my part,
Or show the glory of our art? 
And which is worse, all you have done
Hath been but for a wayward son,
Spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do,
Loves for his own ends, not for you."

―(3.5.2-13)

 

05

THE TRUTH ABOUT STORIES

“you have to be careful with the stories you tell. And you have to watch out for the stories that you are told.” 
― Thomas King, The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative

 

06

THE DIVINGBELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

“I need to feel strongly, to love and admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe.” 
― Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

 

07

AS I LAY DYING

“My mother is a fish.” 
― William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

 

p.s. There are 15. Yes. 15 narrators.

 

08

THE CATASTROPHIC HISTORY OF YOU AND ME

“There’s no such thing as too much Disney.” 
― Jess Rothenberg, The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“Sometimes, friends drift in and out of our lives like fashion accessories—in one season and out the next.” 
― Jess Rothenberg, The Catastrophic History of You and Me

 

09

NO EXIT

"So I'm done with the earth, it seems. No more alibis for me! I feel so empty, desiccated – really dead at last. All of me's here, in this room." 

― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit 

 

10

THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN 

“All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.” 
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet In Heaven