Literary Lines ~ Banned Books Week

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Banned Books Week, Literary Lines

During Banned Books Week every year, there’s a lot of discussion about books and authors who have been banned and challenged. Back in 2017, freelance journalist Karina Kolodny had the wonderful idea of putting together powerful quotes from ten of the most commonly banned books in an article for The Huffington Post, and I’d like to share them. If you have a favorite quote from a banned or challenged book, please feel free share them in the comments.

 

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Literary Lines ~ Autumn

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Autumn, Literary Lines, Salem’s Lot, Stephen King

But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in a way an old friend will settle in your favorite chair and take out his pipe and light it and then fill the afternoon with stories of places he has been and things he has done since he last saw you. 

~ Stephen King, Salem’s Lot ~

Literary Lines

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1984, George Orwell, Literary Lines

The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.

~ George Orwell, 1984 ~

Literary Lines

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Full Throttle, Joe Hill, Literary Lines

To live a decent life is to be no more than a mouse nibbling at a rope. One mouse isn’t much, but if enough of us keep chewing, we may set something free that can save us from the worst. Maybe it will even save us from ourselves.

~ Joe Hill, from his upcoming Full Throttle ~