Discussion What is that one line from any novel that is stuck in your mind even till now?

As the title says. Share a snippet from your fav wn/ln/original work. Mention the name of the novel source and the main genre categories.

 

I am your grandfather!
Most CN novels
Most CN genres that has young master who didn't research who the protag is.

 

[[He couldn’t protect anyone. That’s why he now stands in this place.]]
….An Archangel with blindingly-pure wings.
[[Because he believes there are still things left to protect.]]
- Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint
- Drama, Action, Fantasy
I omitted some of the spoiler text between, since this is pretty damn close the end of the complete story.
This story gives a lot of "goddamn that's pretty epic" moments.

 

“Ye who does not permit thy butt shall not covet another’s butt.” -Seol Jihu
Second Coming of Gluttony.
Fantasy, Adventure, Harem.

 

*Takes a deep breath*

JUNIOR
DO
YOU
DARE?!?!?!

 

The best love in the world could not be forced. It was difficult to imagine the feeling.
But, love thrived in the knowing, in understanding each other’s dreams and understanding each other’s heart.
~A lifetime of peace and care
Genre: Josei, Romance, Slice of life

Not my fav novel but I just loved this lines.

 

Don't know where I heard it.
I'm going to court Death, I'm going to take her for a dance, and then I'm going to kick her off the doorstep without even a kiss goodbye.

 

Jiang Chen slapped Fang Ping’s shoulder and said, “I learned this guy’s name less than an hour ago. He didn’t betray me.”
“Because you saved me,” Fang Ping answered without thinking.
“I saved her twice,” Jiang Chen said.

The Brilliant Fighting Master.
Wuxia, Xianxia
One of the few genuine funny line in this type of novel without being dirty

 

"The Empress, she's the right person that he met at the right time. This is probably what is called fate."

If they had met later, like if the Emperor had already ascended the throne, then the Empress would, at maximum, become the Emperor's most favored woman but not his only one. She, herself, would not become Heng fei, but one of the many feipin the Emperor would have forgotten. She may not have even gotten the rank of a guipin.”
- To be a virtuous Wife
- Josei, mature, historical, slice of life, romance

I think quote is the epitome of describing everything; relationships ( friends or lover) or work. It’s a explanation for where everything is based off time, place, and situation.

If I had not meet my childhood bestie from when we were young, our path would probably never cross and even if we did we would probably never hit it off and our relationship would never be the same as now. This is one example that quote really relates to me and my life.

 

“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

 

I always remember this segment from "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden.

Paraphrased, it goes like this:
"There is a statue at the temple and, at its base, there's a poem inscribed, titled "Grief". It has three words. All of them have been scratched out. There are no words for grief."

 

MARVELOUS!, Sevens it mainly about adventure nah just put into shounen stuff~

Hideyoshi is Hideyoshi, Baka to Test to Shoukanju, comedy duh~

to push down or to not push down, Martial King's Retired Live, comedy wuxia~ this cat think have read similar line before but can't pin point which one~