#bookly

Alt text: 5 screenshots of book quotes on blue backgrounds.

Image 1: The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.

“'The realm of Sauron is ended!' said Gandalf. 'The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest. And as the Captains gazed south to the Land of Mordor, it seemed to them that, black against the pall of cloud, there rose a huge shape of shadow, impenetrable, lightning-crowned, filling all the sky. Enormous it reared above the world, and stretched out towards them a vast threatening hand, terrible but impotent: for even as it leaned over them, a great wind took it, and it was all blown away, and passed; and then a hush fell.”

Image 2: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune.

“‘If anyone tried to take bacon from me, I'm going to turn them into a tree. And not a good tree.

A bad one, like a Bradford pear tree.’ —Phee”

Image 3: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune.

“‘Let them listen to what joy sounds like. Maybe they'll learn a thing or two.’ —Arthur

Image 4: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune.

“‘You suck.’

‘What are you, ten?’ Nelson asked, though he seemed to be fighting a smile. ‘You need to be scarier. Tell her you’re Satan and you’re going to eat her liver.’

‘This is Satan,’ Thin Man said as the planchette moved. ‘I’m going to eat your diver.’

‘Liver,’ Nelson said. ‘Liver.’

‘I’m trying,’ Wallace said through gritted teeth. ‘It’s slippery!’

‘My diver?’ Desdemona asked, sounding confused. ‘I’ve never been diving in my life.’

The planchette moved again. ‘Sorry,’ Thin Man read as he wrote down the new message. ‘Stupid autocorrect. I meant liver.’”

Image 5: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.