SENTENCES TO HOLD ON TO

You know those sentences that you read in a book and don't want to let go of? You read them twice... You come back to them in your mind...They, to be perfectly cliche, give you chills? Here are mine...

Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.  ~ To Kill a Mockingbird

Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy... but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. ~ To Kill a Mockingbird

Jimmy Cross carried a compass, maps, code books, binoculars and a .45-caliber pistol that weighed 2.9 pounds fully loaded. He carried a strobe light and the responsibility for the lives of his men. ~ The Things They Carried

you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy ~ One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

We tell ourselves stories in order to live ~ The White Album 

So we drove on toward death in the cooling twilight ~ The Great Gatsby 

Some people were so delicate that one look was enough to wipe them away, but even bone-dumb grunts seemed to feel that something weird and extra was happening ~ Dispatches 

rock and roll turned more lurid and dangerous than bullfighting, rock stars started falling like second lieutenants; ecstasy and death and (of course and for sure) life... ~ Dispatches 

A puzzled look replaced the look of pain in the lead-colored face. Then Spade smiled. His smile was gentle, even dreamy ~ The Maltease Falcon