Tuesday, November 10, 2015

The ten best quotes in a crisis

At the Guardian Anna Bradley came up with the ten best literary quotes in a crisis, including:
‘‘I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Stick this mantra on your mirror and when things get tough, just repeat, repeat, repeat. You are as radiant as the sun.
Read about the other entries on the list.

The Hunger Games also appears on Laura Jarratt's top ten list of YA thrillers with sisters, Jeff Somers's top eight list of revolutionary SF/F novels, Tina Connolly's top five list of books where the girl saves the boy, Sarah Alderson's top ten list of feminist icons in children's and teen books, Jonathan Meres's top ten list of books that are so unfair, SF Said's top ten list of unlikely heroes, Rebecca Jane Stokes's top ten list of fictional families you could probably abide during holiday season and top eight list of books perfect for reality TV fiends, Chrissie Gruebel's list of favorite fictional fashion icons, Lucy Christopher's top ten list of literary woods, Robert McCrum's list of the ten best books with teenage narrators, Sophie McKenzie's top ten list of teen thrillers, Gregg Olsen's top ten list of deadly YA books, Annalee Newitz's list of ten great American dystopias, Philip Webb's top ten list of pulse-racing adventure books, Charlie Higson's top ten list of fantasy books for children, and Megan Wasson's list of five fantasy series geared towards teens that adults will love too.

--Marshal Zeringue