Could You Repeat That? CXXX

So Could You Repeat That? is a thing I've been doing for almost eleven years now. When I read a book, I would dog-ear the pages that had sentences that especially struck me, or that got at the heart of what I thought the text was about. In the past few years, I've kind of dropped off on reading whole books--academic stuff keeps me from non-academic stuff, and academic books I, for some reason, rarely read whole. But of all the ways I account for the way I spend my time, this has persisted and will continue to persist. It's pretty fun.

Could You Repeat That? CXXX
Favorite Lines of Recent Reads
A Notorious Countess Confesses, Julie Anne Long
He laughed, and it was just what the day needed, that laugh, to make it completely beautiful.

Locked Rooms, Laurie R. King
"You don't like guns and you don't like motorcars. Are you certain you're American?"

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), Mindy Kaling
There is no difference between Ripley from Alien and any Katherine Heigl character. They're all participating in the same level of made-up awesomeness, and I enjoy every second of it.

Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong (graphic novel), Prudence Shen & Faith Erin Hicks
NATE: Okay, we have less than two weeks to turn a robot that picks things up into a robot that kills other robots. Chainsaws, people, we need chainsaws!

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (graphic novel), Alison Bechdel
Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure?

Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama (graphic novel), Alison Bechdel
My mother composed me as I now compose her.

Unbroken, Rachel Caine
I was Djinn. I was ancient, and ruthless, and powerful, and even now, with the world darkening around me, with the aetheric beginning to shatter and crumble into dust, I had one great and singular talent. I could kill better than any other being who had ever existed, throughout creation.

The Walking Dead: Book One (graphic novel), Robert Kirkman
GLENN: You're going to have to keep your eyes open, man. Where've you been for the past month?
RICK: Coma.
GLENN: Seriously?

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks
Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells. That was my mantra. "Fear sells."

Planetary: All Over the World and Other Stories (graphic novel), Warren Ellis
JAKITA: Why do I even have to say this? Why do I have to say "get off the unique and probably alien living plinth that zaps the unwary"? What is wrong with my life that I have to say these things out loud to someone who's been in Planetary that long?

Planetary: The Fourth Man (graphic novel), Warren Ellis
THIS YEAR'S HEROD: Oh, for god's sake. You can bloody see me, can't you?

Planetary: Leaving the 20th Century (graphic novel), Warren Ellis
The Ancients arose, saw their children play, and began to name things. And their naming became a song. And they began to walk. And they sang the entire world over into being.

Planetary: Spacetime Archaeology (graphic novel), Warren Ellis
MELANCTHA: We buried them, infecting the dirt with our souls. We burned them, scattering land and water with the living ashes of our souls. And gravity draws us into the earth. And plants grow.

Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta (graphic novel), Warren Ellis
CLARK: You're very into things being practical, aren't you? Didn't you play as a kid?
BRUCE: No.

Midnight Blue-Light Special, Seanan McGuire
Vivisection hurts, but it can't hold a candle to parental disapproval.


The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman
I was not happy as a child, although from time to time I was content. I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.

Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me (graphic novel), Ellen Forney
KAREN: Tegretol would be the next one to try.
ELLEN: Is it expensive?
KAREN: Hm. I don't know.
ELLEN: Never mind, it doesn't matter. I will imbue it with all of my hopes and dreams.