Top Ten Tuesday: C.J.'s Ten (ish) Favorite Inspiring Quotes from Books

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I love today's topic, because I adore quotes.  I've dog-earred countless pages of beautifully phrased items.  Not surprisingly, this list of quotes contains a number of my favorite books (though, I'll admit, I haven't actually read Virginibus Puerisque, but that's my favorite quote of all time so I had to include it.)  

c.j.'s selections                          i made myself stop at ten
one		The cruelest lies are often told in silence.  //  Goodreads
two		"They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly. "No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried.  "Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian asked. "They're shooting at everyone," Clevinger answered.  "They're trying to kill everyone." "And what difference does that make?   //  Goodreads
three		I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it.  I learned that not everyone is disappointing, including me, and that a 1,257 bump in the ground can feel higher than a bell tower if you're standing next to the right person.   //  Goodreads
four		Love does as it undoes. It goes after, with equal tenacity: joy and heartbreak. //  Goodreads
five		My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations. //  Goodreads
six		Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.  //  Goodreads
seven		Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.  //  Goodreads Note: This quote is universally attributed to Dostoyevsky, but rarely to a particular book.  It is most often said to come from Demons, perhaps an earlier version altered by subsequent translations.
eight		Everyone sees what is happening, but not everyone feels the consequences.    //  Goodreads
nine		I like the fans’ sound at night. Do you? It’s like somebody big far away goes like:  it’sOKit’sOKit’sOKit’sOK, over and over. From very far away. //  Goodreads
ten		If we can forgive what’s been done to us . . . If we can forgive what we’ve done to others . . . If we can leave all of our stories behind. Our being villains or victims. Only then can we maybe rescue the world. //  Goodreads