Quotations Weblog

I love this battle cry! It can be used for anyone searching for justice in this world.

The story behind this quotation is one about justice. This quote is from the first issue of William Lloyd Garrison’s anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator. For more than thirty years, he spoke out against slavery. He was anti-slavery far before it was fashionable to be against slavery. Garrison was born in the United States and joined the Abolition Movement when he was twenty-five years old.

From 1831 to 1865, Garrison published The Liberator, never missing an issue. He was so passionate about Abolition that he refused to retreat a single inch and he was most definitely heard. Next time you’re feeling defeated in what you do, remember William Lloyd Garrison. He was willing to fight for what he believed for over thirty years. Take his battle cry as your own and gain strength from it.

To learn more about The Liberator and William Lloyd Garrison, click here:

• PBS – William Lloyd Garrison

• William Lloyd Garrison – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

At a promotional event, Stephen King and John Irving were joined by J. K. Rowling. They discussed the likelihood of the death of Harry Potter in Rowling’s new book and whether that is a wise move on Rowling’s part.

• CNN.com – Authors to Rowling: Don’t kill Harry Potter – Aug 1, 2006

I guess we will all find out soon enough whether Harry Potter survives or not. We’ll also know a bit or two about Rowling when the book is finished as well.

To see all of J. K. Rowling’s quotations, click here:

J. K. Rowling Quotes – The Quotations Page

I paid full price for the hardcover of Specials by Scott Westerfeld. Amazon told me it would be out for another couple of days, but I got it early at the local Barnes and Noble. I love this series. Tally Youngblood was born an Ugly, made a Pretty against her will and now in the third book has been transformed into a Special. She has been transformed into a superhuman being with ceramic bones, nails and teeth. She can smell a human from a kilometer away and smell an unwashed human from five kilometers away. Now, she is hunting the people she once considered friends.

Here are the best quotations I gleaned from this book:

This book is the final in a trilogy, but I can imagine a future for all the characters in the book. I love it when “happily ever after” is full of so much possiblity. For all of Scott Westerfeld’s quotes, click here:

Scott Westerfeld Quotes – The Quotations Page

Here are the latest books we’ve put online at our sister site, The Literature Page.

• The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
• Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offences by Mark Twain

These two are related: Twain’s brief essay is a long list of his criticisms of Cooper’s The Deerslayer. It’s an entertaining read, even if you haven’t read Cooper’s work. It also includes a great list of 18 guidelines for writers that are still applicable today.

I love to read Scott Westerfeld’s books because he is so quotable. I just finished reading, Pretties, which is the sequel to Uglies. The heroine, Tally Youngblood, has been returned to the city and has been turned pretty. The operations have made her taller and more beautiful, but they have also clouded her mind and erased some of her memories. She and her best friend, Shay, are living the indolent and pleasure-filled life of the pretties where deciding which dress to wear at the party is the most important decision she will encounter. That is until her past comes visiting.

Croy, a renegade that Tally knew from her time with the Smokies, shows up at a party and provides her with a “cure” that could fix the lesions in her brain or kill her. Will she take the pills? If she does, will they kill her or will Special Circumstances get to her first?

It’s a brilliant sequel to Uglies and it leads to the third book in the trilogy, Specials. I took a long time to read this book, leaving it in the bookcase for months before picking it up to read it. I almost wish I had waited until Specials was available because now I have to sit in anticipation for the true ending of the story.

For all the quotations from Scott Westerfeld:

• Scott Westerfeld Quotes – The Quotations Page