Quote-Worthy Quotes: The 5th Wave

      Hi friends! I am very sorry for the late post.  I participated in the Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon this weekend and I just ran out of time.  All right enough with the excuses.  I have decided to start a series called Quote-Worthy Quotes.  Many books have such wonderful and insightful quotes in them that I feel need to get some recognition.  Each post I will pick a book and discuss some of the best lines from it.  I am open to taking book recommendations as well.  This week I am going to be discussing quotes from The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy.  I hope you enjoy!

“Some things you can never leave behind. They don't belong to the past. They belong to you.”
     This quote explained something that I had been unable to put into words before.  People will often tell you not to reminisce on bad memories and a popular Disney film says "the past is in the past", but it is not always that simple.  Sometimes things affect us in a way that is not so easily forgotten or fixed.  You cannot always put things behind you, but you can learn and become stronger because of them.

“That's what you do when the curtain is falling--you give the line that the audience wants to hear.”
     When I first read this quote, I fell in love with the way it is written.  The use of metaphors and symbolism is incredible throughout the entire book, but it is especially poignant in this line.  It speaks the ultimate truth; we frequently lie to people for what we believe is their own good.  If you are lying with good intentions, does it excuse the fact that you're lying?  That is up to us to decide for ourselves.

“Sarcasm doesn't appear to work on him. If that's true, I'm in trouble: It's my normal mode of communication.”
       This line made me laugh out loud and I felt the need to include it.  The odds are that if you are an avid internet user, you too speak the language of sarcasm.  It was cool to see that despite all of the horrible things that were going on, Cassie still maintained qualities of a regular teenager.

        And finally, I will leave you with the most kick-butt line in the whole novel.

“What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us. You're beating plowshares into swords, Vosch. You are remaking us. We are the clay, and you are Michelangelo. And we will be your masterpiece.”