Favorite line in a book

The best line in a book and certainly the best opening line of a book has to be

"To be encumbered with a corpse is to be in a difficult situation".
 
GrownUp said:
Thank you thank you thank you Alicia! I read "The Phantom Tollbooth" as a child but I have not for the life of been able to remember the title of the book. It has been driving me looney.
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You are most welcome, GrownUp! :D I'm glad to know that I'm not the only person to have ever read the book! :)
 
This is not from a Fantasy or Science Fiction book but it is a line that I have remembered for such a long time.

It is the last sentence from A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens -

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known."

It gets to me every time :(
 
Freedom may be mankind's natural state, but so is sitting in a tree eating your dinner while it is still wriggling.

Lord Vetinari from Terry Pratchett's "Going Postal"
 
Recently:
"How could you be anything other than a slave to the darkness that comes before?" - Anasurimbor Kellus.
From: R. Scott Bakker's 'The Darkness That Comes Before'.

Further, in explanation: "The Dunyain have surrendered themselves to the Logos, to what you would call reason and intellect. We seek absolute awareness, the self-moving thought. The thoughts of all men arise from darkness. If you are the movement of your soul, and the cause of that movement preceeds you, then how could you ever call your thoughts your own?" Khellus. Hmmm, found this most... thought provoking. :p
 
The best line I've read recently is the best because of how it applies to me :). I have been re-reading 'The River of Dancing Gods' and the opening line is; 'Just because your whole life is going to hell doesn't mean you have to walk there'. Perfect.
 
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