what the title says.
there are sooo many for me but one of my favorite quotes ever is from a clockwork orange by anthony burgess:
“Oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh. The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps rolling through my guts and out again crunched like candy thunder. Oh, it was wonder of wonders. And then, a bird of like rarest spun heavenmetal, or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now, came the violin solo above all the other strings, and those strings were like a cage of silk round my bed. Then flute and oboe bored, like worms of like platinum, into the thick thick toffee gold and silver. I was in such bliss, my brothers.”
I have a few saved in my email drafts folder, I’ll just drop a few of my favorites:
From The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
"When I think I might die without seeing a hundredth of all there is to
see it makes me feel," he paused, then added, "well, humble, I suppose. And
very angry, of course." ~ Twoflower
From The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The mission, he thought, probably failed because of a series of logical, reasonable, carefully considered decisions, each of which seemed like a good idea at the time. Like most colossal disasters.
From Once More We See Stars: A Memoir by Jayson Greene
There are days when I am confused, panicked, like I’ve woken up in a dark
room with unfamiliar contours: "What is it? What is it that feels so
awful?" Then I calm down and I remember: “Oh yes, I am in hell.”
From Beloved by Toni Morrison:
To Sethe, the future was a matter of keeping the past at bay.