TOP TEN TUESDAY: INSPIRING BOOK QUOTES 14.4.15

Responding to Allie's Mini Challenge for Dewey's ReadaThon Here are some favourite "Classic Words of Wisdom" * Inspired by Lost Generation Reader's Top Ten's for today,
I'm  posting my own in response . ~

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Today's Top Ten Tuesday meme at The Broke and the Bookish ~
Top Ten Inspiring Quotes from Books
- anything that inspires you, challenges you, makes you think, encourages you, etc. and as the hosts say, "As always, even if you can't think of 10, do as many as you can!"

Beginning my Top Ten 12 with Canadian author, LM Montgomery's,
 Anne of Green Gables ~

* Always inspiriting to begin again with a clean slate!
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“The ache for home lives in all of us. 

The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned."

~ Maya Angelou 

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes 

The safe place where we're accepted as we are not as expected to be!
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No man is an island.  We need one another! *

From Zephaniah in the Book of Prophets of The Tanakh
The calmness of knowing unconditional Love, acceptance, delight!
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“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. . . I have loved none but you. . . For you alone, I think and plan . . . I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in F. W.
I must go, uncertain of my fate . . .  A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether I enter your father's house this evening or never.” 

Captain Frederick Wentworth to Anne Elliot ~ Jane Austen's Persuasion
Such inspiring and hopefilled confession of enduring love! *

Sophia Croft~ Jane Austen's Persuasion
Yes to being a woman of adventure ! *

Ahhh!  the constancy of friendship found both in God and books ! 
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and my own fav that's consistently re-pinned
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Heaven is all around us and God evidenced in every point of creation.
Those whose eyes are truly open are aware and acknowledge the holiness,
the holy ground they walk upon,
by taking off their shoes

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I could  post ten by CS Lewis alone plus more !

Here are a couple top picks...

Love this inspiriting as I age - 
not just the youth have proprietary rights to dreaming!

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My sentiments following the loss of my mom...
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Such a challenging reminder!
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 Another of LM Montgomery's ~ 
"Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them
only to find out too late that
it's what they bring to the world that really counts."  ~ Living giving vs taking...
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From the Historical Book of Esther in The Tanakh
This always speaks encouragement to me throughout
the many challenges and uncomfortable places I find myself in life and in advocating justice. Powerful!

* ~ Hoping you've found some inspy in these selections. ~ so many from which to choose, I found it hard to narrow down to ten! Here's MORE on FHC Pinterest  I'm enjoying reading yours!  Thanks to LostGenerationReader 's great choices :)

* Upcoming Top Ten topics ~
* April 14: Top Ten Inspiring Quotes from Books (anything that inspires you, challenges you, makes you think, encourages you, etc.)
April 21: Top Ten ALL TIME Favourite Authors (yeah, I'm mean like that! You could narrow it down to a genre if it REALLY kills you...or just make your list a top 20 :P )
April 28: Top Ten Books Which Feature Characters Who _____ (are musically inclined, have lost someone, have depression, who grow up poor, etc.)
May 5: Ten Books I Will Probably Never Read
May 12: Ten Authors I REALLY Want To Meet
May 19:  Top Ten Tuesday Freebie -- YOUR CHOICE OF TOPIC.
May 26: Ten Books I Plan To Have In My Beach Bag This Summer or
Ten Books I Think Make Great Beach Reads
June 2: Top Ten Books I'd Love To See As Movies/Tv Shows 
June 9: Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For the Rest of 2015
[let's talk about what we are excited about for the rest of the year]
June 16: Top Ten Books On My TBR For Summer 2015
June 23: In honor of 5 years of Top Ten Tuesday ( our first Top Ten Tuesday debuted June 21, 2010) -- My Ten Favourite Top Ten Topics We've Ever Done In The Past 5 Years
June 30: Top Ten Books I've Read So Far In 2015
July 7: Top Ten Hyped Books I've Never Read * Shared with ~ * Mom's Small Victories * Literacy Musing Mondays * Book Nook * 
and... in other book related news  I've signed up for Michelle's [Seasons of Reading]
April 20-26.15 Spring ReadaThon ~ signups open
[all about mysteries for this reader! - includes anything scary such as gothic, paranormal, thrillers, etc] Reading just 1 book qualifies! *

* which also encompasses the 24 hr Dewey's Readathon on April 25th  ~

signups Open 

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Celebrating JA's Anne Elliot's August 9th BirthDay !

it's true!

today is my fave Jane Austen character, 

Anne Elliot's BirthDay!

224th to be exact !

born on August 9th, 1787

as described in the opening of my fave Jane Austen book,

"Persuasion"

sounds like enough cause for a celebration to me!

what are your feelings on the matter?

enough reason for some cake?

considering her elder sister, Elizabeth, and  father, Sir Walter Elliot's, 

disregard of her, 

it's likely her birthdays went uncelebrated after the passing of her mother.

maybe we can fill that gap?

shall we enjoy our celebration at Anne's ancestral home

Kellynch Hall?

i'm thinking

we might enjoy an afternoon stroll through the grounds

then head indoors for generous servings

of some deliteful confection such as

this typical homey but delish plum sponge - 

from fruit in season and readily available ~

source

or perhaps, with cook's favour,

this gorgeous Victorian sponge 

of course, with a pot of tea !?...

source

 from a  Jane Austen -- letter of June 15, 1808
"You know how interesting the purchase of a sponge-cake is to me."

then if you have time,

i'd love to watch the Persuasion movie adaptation if you'd care to join me?

1995 version with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds

my fave... which is yours?

taking time out for a full celebration of all things Anne ! 

Captain Wentworth with our lovely Anne ~

feeling relaxed and refreshed?

great!!

interested in finding out which JA character you are?

Take the Quiz here!

thank you for joining me in honouring the lovely woman

of Jane's creation, 

Anne Elliot !

much ado about Jane at Meredith's month long

August Austenesque Extravaganza !

if you're another Janeite

Miss Elizabeth Bennet's  

Jane Austen Week til the 13th ~ enjoy!
here are her questions-

1. What is your favorite thing about Jane Austen? Why?
2. What are your top three favorite Jane Austen Novels and why?
3. Who are your top three favorite Jane Austen Heroines and why?
4. Who are your top three favorite Jane Austen Heroes and why?
5. Any honorable mentions for 3, 4, and 5? (Keep it under five all together)
6. Top three Jane Austen Adaptations and why?
7. Top Three Jane Austen characters that "take delight in vexing" you?
8. Jane Austen Sequels... Do you like them or not?
9. Do you have a favorite spot to keep all your Jane Austen "stuff"?
10. Which Jane Austen character do you think you're most like?
11. Added 8/2/11 What was your introduction to Jane Austen? 

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