Little Bits of Wisdom- January and February 2010

So I'm back with a new post today! As it's the last day of February, it's time for the quotes I've found in books during the past few months (since I'm trying to do some catch up!). I made a name for this post, since I'll be doing it every month now. It's not very creative but I think it's a heck of a lot better than just plain old book quotes! So, here we go:

"...I don't regret yesterday and I don't anticipate tomorrow. I live in today, and revel in it." -Carolly Erickson, The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette

"Honest men have no occasion to fall on their knees to make their requests."- Marie Antoinette

"In troublesome times, a mere nothing may save a life, or destroy it." -Madame Campan, The Private Life of Marie Antoinette

"Persons of integrity have nothing to fear from the evil-disposed." -Princesse de Lamballe

"Fear isn't actually a bad thing. It's a primitive instinct that's your friend. It warns you to pay attention, because you're in danger. It tells you to do something, to act, to save yourself." -Nancy Werlin, Rules of Survival

"But when you insist on cleaving to the past, no matter how enchanted your memory of it might be, you have to endlessly revise the present to accommodate it." -Kathryn Davis, Versailles

"Nothing's certain in this life, unless you count being born and dying. Everything in between in a gamble, and anyone who thinks otherwise in a damned fool." -Catherine Anderson, Early Dawn

"Wherever the hand of God take you, remember that you will teach by your example, do good every time you find the occasion." -King Louis XVI

"He must forget all hate and resentment." -King Louis XVI

"Do not give in to useless alarm... though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain." -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure." -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

That's it, not nearly as much as last time, so I'm very proud of myself. =D Right now, I'm still getting through Sharon Lathan's continuation series of Pride and Prejudice. I just finished the first in her series, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwillam Darcy, a few hours ago, and started the second, Loving Mr. Darcy. I'm very excited, because I was never a huge fan of the first book, but, from what I remember, I like the second one A LOT better. So, after that, I'll read the third one in the series, My Dearest Mr. Darcy, which is the one I'll be reviewing. I'll try to get it up quickly, but I happen to have a lot of stuff coming up this week, so it probably won't be up for at least a week and a half.

Also, it recent news, I made a Twitter account for this blog! It's really weird for me, because I've never had a Twitter because I think it's pretty pointless to have a one, if you have a Facebook and actually write your status updates. But, since there's no Facebook for the blog, I decided, might as well! So, you follow it! It's really simple: KristiReads. And I'll try to make sure to update it! =D

And as always, feel free to email me at Kristi_Reads@yahoo.com or comment to discuss anything!

Thanks for reading!

Love,

Kristi

Book Quotes-2009

So, during the summer of 2009 I started writing down quotes that I found in books that I liked, and I figured that since I'm taking an abnormally long time to finish my book, I might as well post the some of the ones I found last year, and then I'll start posting new ones at the end of every month (I'll put January's with February's). 

And, just for reference, they're in the order that I found them, and quite a few of them are quotes from real people that I just read in a book. I liked them all at some point, for some reason, even if I don't remember why now. And I write the quotes down whether I liked the whole book or I didn't, so just because I have a quote down, doesn't mean I liked the book (although most of them I did like. =D).  I hope that you'll read some of these and hopefully share your thoughts with me at ihs_colorguard@yahoo.com! Enjoy!

"You don't want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have lots of bests of times, each one topping the last." -Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

"It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder- if not impossible- to lose." -Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

"It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot." -Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

"It was so easy to disown what you couldn't recognize, to keep yourself apart from things that were foreign and unsettling. The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself." -Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

"Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages." -George Washington

"You can't be trapped by other people, you can only be trapped by your own fear. Defy and win." -Michael Grant, Hunger

"There are few certainties in life. Chin up!" -Sharon Lathan, Loving Mr. Darcy

"I wished to be as happy as I was at that moment. Fool that I was, I had no concept of the greater happiness in store for me." -Sharon Lathan, Loving Mr. Darcy

"Life is not flawless, no matter how close one may obtain excellence." -Sharon Lathan, Loving Mr. Darcy

"We learned our lessons via grievous methods, but we did learn them." -Sharon Lathan, Loving Mr. Darcy

"It is time- more than time- to reflect and construct a better way of life. You are getting older and you no longer have the excuse of youth." -Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II

"I've seen everything, known everything, and forgotten everything." -Marie Antoinette

"Prudence, patience are my lot. Above all, courage." -Marie Antoinette

"It is in misfortune that you realize your true nature." -Marie Antoinette

"I had friends; the idea of being separated from them forever, and their sufferings as a result, are one of the greatest regrets I take with me to my death; they should know that at the last moment I think of them." -Marie Antoinette

"It's vital to keep a sense of humor when the world seems to have suddenly become a very strange place." -Michael Grant, Gone

"No man knows til he suffered from the night how sweet and how dear to his heart and eye the morning can be." -Bram Stoker, Dracula

"I've given lots of people chances.... But there's only so much faith you can have in people." -Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You

"I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be the easier path. You had to fight to be virtuous..." -Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You

"You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place." -Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You

"I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best can be riskier, because the words they say and the things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well." -Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

"I mean, when you really thing about it, music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common." -Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

"And as to our destinies, yours and mine, we must simply do the best we can from day to day, and not think too much about tragedies." -Carolly Erickson, The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette

"A lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence." -Michael Lewis, The Blind Side

"...He actually believed that to be light of heart is the same as being light of head." -Kathryn Davis, Versailles

So, I definitely didn't realize that there were so many Marie Antoinette quotes, because I didn't really read that many books about her recently (besides the one I'm reading right now). I guess I managed to lose my notebook and forgot about it as well, (and therefore didn't write in it) because I'm smart like that. =D So, again, feel free to email me with comments, book suggestions, ect. at Kristi_Reads@yahoo.com. Next time I post quotes, there definitely won't be as many, because this is around 6 or 7 months worth of them, and I'll only be doing two month's worth from now on.

Anyways, thanks for reading!

Love,

Kristi