Best quotes in fantasy and sci-fi

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  • čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
  • Today we are talking the best fantasy and sci-fi quotes from some of the biggest fantasy and sci-fi reads! Ok, maybe not our personal best or favorite quotes, but the ones we feel are the most iconic and the most known for even someone who isn't familiar with the works. What do you think of the chosen quotes? Did we miss any good ones?
    Chapters
    00:00 - What I mean by "best"
    01:23 - Cosmere by Brandon Sanderson
    03:21 - The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
    06:12 - Dune by Frank Herbert
    07:06 - The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
    08:37 - A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin
    09:49 - The First Law by Joe Abercrombie
    11:14 - Summary/conclusion
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Komentáře • 146

  • @Eas697
    @Eas697 Před rokem +32

    For the cosmere I'd have a "sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing"

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +3

      Oohhh that's another good one I see quoted a lot. I'm surprised not a single person wrote that, even in the other category!

  • @hansbuechi3411
    @hansbuechi3411 Před rokem +9

    Whenever "management" where I work makes a decision that lets less than perfect product go, I always remember that "the spice must flow"

  • @johntybagend
    @johntybagend Před rokem +18

    ‘Ain’t no fella who regretted giving it one extra shake’ - Wayne
    This will go down as one of my fave cosmere quotes, especially the second time.

  • @DougA333
    @DougA333 Před rokem +12

    I love the line "Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it." Words to live by.

  • @beardfromtadcymru9714
    @beardfromtadcymru9714 Před rokem +15

    I would say "duty is heavier than a mountain; death is lighter than a feather." Is the most iconic (if stolen) or "the wheel weaves as the wheel wills"
    But the one I use most often is "Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.”

  • @DmGray
    @DmGray Před rokem +12

    No Pratchett?
    ;)
    Great premise for a video.
    Some authors can just send a chill through you with a single phrase.
    Douglass Adams also has so many iconic quotes.
    The humourists deserve praise!

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +7

      I may include pratchett in a second one; my main reasoning for not is that I feel like his famous quotes are all paragraphs long 🤣

  • @cenedra20
    @cenedra20 Před rokem +4

    "The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't" (Douglas Adams) brilliant description, funny and nonsensical at the same time

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +2

      Douglas Adams would be a hard one to choose, he has so many great ones.

  • @thetravdawg
    @thetravdawg Před rokem +2

    Great compilation! Another great quote from LOTR is from Faramir:
    “War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
    "Fear is the mind killer" is a fantastic quote and also the industrial metal band Fear Factory used it for the title of their 1993 album.

  • @alexsedai
    @alexsedai Před rokem +6

    I was kinda surprised “Ash fell from the sky” wasn’t on the list, unless it got some mentions under the Other category. This was a fun video!

  • @jackinthebox1993
    @jackinthebox1993 Před rokem +9

    "You can never have too many knives" That's what logen's father always said

    • @Merlijn1994
      @Merlijn1994 Před rokem

      The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present, also something Logens father used to say

    • @cenedra20
      @cenedra20 Před rokem

      Also Adolin in RoW!

  • @kalmes
    @kalmes Před rokem +6

    Tolkien quotes I love:
    “For nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so.”
    "But my heart forbodes that, ere all is ended, you, Frodo son of Drogo, will know more of these fell things than Gildor Inglorion."
    I also really like the poems and songs, especially The Fall of Gil-Galad and Galadriel's Song of Eldamar.
    "But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,
    What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?"

  • @RedFuryBooks
    @RedFuryBooks Před rokem +6

    I'm glad I'm not the only one that quotes Logen Ninefingers in real life 😆

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +3

      "You've got to be realistic" is just such a useful quote lol

    • @RedFuryBooks
      @RedFuryBooks Před rokem

      Absolutely!

  • @eagleology
    @eagleology Před rokem +3

    Sci-fi.
    William Gibson’s opening line from Neuromancer:
    “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

  • @Vexariongaming
    @Vexariongaming Před rokem +1

    Not iconic as such, but my favourite quote from Cosmere is "You WILL be warm again" from Wit. As someone who suffers from depression, it hits me hard every time i hear it

  • @abtheerth
    @abtheerth Před rokem +7

    "Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
    "Don't Panic"
    "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

  • @Wuggynaut
    @Wuggynaut Před rokem +6

    My choice for the most iconic Cosmere quote is definitely "No mating!"
    Thanks for including The First Law, not only because it's my favorite but it's also so quotable. For me the most iconic would be Glokta's "Truly, life is the misery we endure between disappointments."

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +2

      Everything that comes out of gloktas mouth is iconic

    • @Merlijn1994
      @Merlijn1994 Před rokem +1

      Click, tap, pain

  • @warspaniel
    @warspaniel Před rokem +5

    Cosmere: "The most important step a man can take is the next one."

    • @sodreigor
      @sodreigor Před rokem

      That was the first that came to my mind also

  • @martindang5032
    @martindang5032 Před 10 měsíci

    “He who controls the spice controls the universe.” - Frank Herbert, is my favorite qoute from Dune

  • @ajourneyforthepages2507
    @ajourneyforthepages2507 Před rokem +5

    Some great quotes in this video, I have to throw in my favourite Tolkien quote but it's actually from The Silmarillion...
    "Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter."

  • @arlissbunny
    @arlissbunny Před rokem +4

    When you said Dune I immediately thought, “The spice must flow.” Then I realized I’m an economics nerd and, embarrassed, I returned to the real world. This video was fun and you made me laugh at myself.

  • @oudviola
    @oudviola Před rokem +2

    Great video. There's an a propos cartoon Harry Potter spoof (How It Should Have Ended maybe?) where Dumbledore thunders "You shall not pass!" and someone says something like "That's harsh, the semester has just started"!

  • @sodreigor
    @sodreigor Před rokem +12

    My fav from stormlight is "I will protect those I hate, even if the one I hate the most is myself"

    • @cenedra20
      @cenedra20 Před rokem

      This one made me cry when I read it

  • @tw7998
    @tw7998 Před rokem +1

    Most iconic is probably gandalf 'Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement' . But honestly? three quotes from the stormlight archive hit me like a tonne of bricks 'honors dead, but I’ll see what I can do' and 'He is mine! a feminine voice said. I claim him' and finally 'You sent him to the skies to die, assassin"..."But the skies are mine. I claim them, as I now claim your life'

  • @PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

    What a fun video with some great quotes! Also, I enthusiastically approve of the blazer. 😁 First Law is indeed full of highly quotable passages. I wonder who submitted "The sleeper has awakened . . ."

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +1

      Almost wore a blazer to our chat in honor of you 😂

  • @LizzieJaneBennet
    @LizzieJaneBennet Před rokem +1

    There are so much iconic quotes from ASOIAF, it's impossible to choose ! (Hearing you don't know anything about it is the sadest quote of all) 😲😢
    Chaos ?... Chaos is a ladder 🪜
    Every dwarf is a bastard in his father's eyes.
    [- Knowledge is power.
    - 👸Cease him ! ⚔️Cut his throat🤺... No wait, I've changed my mind.]
    POWER IS POWER
    (When you adopt a pet :) You teach him, you feed him, and if he dies you burry him.
    The North remembers
    "The man who fears losing has already lost."
    Power is where people believe it is.
    Love is the death of duty.
    - ... Sometimes duty is the death of love.
    "The Realm...
    Do you know what the Realm is ?
    It's the thousand blades of Aegon's ennemies, a story we agreed to tell each other over and over 'til we forget that it's a lie."
    I wish I was the monster you think I am...
    Where are my dragons ?!!! 👺🔥
    The man who pronounce the sentence must be the man who swings the sword.🗡️
    A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.
    Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not.
    Wear it like armor and it can never be used to hurt you.
    I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.
    Every time we deal with an enemy, we create two more.
    That’s what I do : I drink and I know things.

  • @JustBenUnofficial
    @JustBenUnofficial Před rokem +1

    I think my favorite quote from a book is from Dresden 15 Skin Game… “Nice try?” Butters said. “Mister, where I come from, there is no try.” Basically just the perfect pay off for one of the best characters.

  • @Mwezi828
    @Mwezi828 Před rokem +5

    Great ASOIAF quote, though maybe not as iconic:
    "When the sun has set, no candle can replace it."

  • @adamborst
    @adamborst Před rokem +1

    I've only got through 2 of The First Law on audio, but they are great. The realistic quote from Logen is awesome. I really like when he starts with "I'm still alive, I'm still alive", but that doesn't hit as hard or have as much potential longevity as the former.
    Great list!

  • @josephirgang6470
    @josephirgang6470 Před rokem +2

    "Fear is the mind killer" from the litany against fear. The whole litany is great but I prefer the last line, "Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

  • @s13gaming72
    @s13gaming72 Před rokem +3

    Great video idea! I'm a huge First Law fan and find myself quoting my man Logan all the time with the two you mentioned. Later on "Make of your heart a stone," becomes really iconic. And I love when it becomes "Make of your quim a stone," at one point lol. But for a longer one, I really dig: "Faith must be shaken from time to time or it becomes rigid. An excuse for any outrage. I have come to believe that the righteous... should always have doubts."

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +2

      Tbh there are just a plethora of amazing quotes in First Law because my man Abercrombie has SUCH a way with words.

    • @s13gaming72
      @s13gaming72 Před rokem +1

      @@Bookborn I wholeheartedly agree. I was looking up other quotes that I enjoyed and realized I'd probably end up retyping most of his books because there is just so much good stuff packed in.

  • @JamieHitt
    @JamieHitt Před rokem +5

    I often think of a book as an author’s child. Raise them and teach them. And when they come of age…publish them.
    And, as with children, you imagine them through the decades of their adult lives.
    Who will they become? What will they become? Will the larger world they’ve come to know change them?
    And if this carefully written book becomes a movie or television series… How true will it remain to its upbringing?
    Not every child follows the path we’ve envisioned for them. Though they carry our names and our love, they must grow and become.
    So I’ve learned not to judge too harshly the modern adaptation.
    Whether one shall not pass, or cannot pass, Gandalf did his job well that day. And Tolkien is very proud of him.

  • @gregpallen
    @gregpallen Před rokem +4

    Sad that "Fool of a Took!" lost.

  • @cenedra20
    @cenedra20 Před rokem +1

    I agreed with all your choices (for the books that I've read)

  • @clawedsimian
    @clawedsimian Před 4 měsíci

    I guess it's not iconic, but my favorite quote from Lord of the Rings is when Gandalf and Frodo are discussing Gollum, and Frodo says he deserves death. "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."

  • @dinocollins720
    @dinocollins720 Před rokem +2

    In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit!

  • @kalmes
    @kalmes Před rokem +1

    “For nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so.”

  • @annieprunsky7387
    @annieprunsky7387 Před rokem

    Great fun video! Could be a fun series I enjoyed seeing these even for properties like WoT and First Law that I haven’t gotten into yet.

  • @dinocollins720
    @dinocollins720 Před rokem +1

    Another amazing video!!! Thank you!!!

  • @benjaminschaefer4234
    @benjaminschaefer4234 Před rokem +2

    4:15 i guess im living under a rock...

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem

      I'll be honest I'm super surprised you haven't heard it haha!

  • @craigrideout490
    @craigrideout490 Před rokem +1

    "The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is...42". -The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    "Those who don't build must burn "-Fahrenheit 451

  • @IsaacKuo
    @IsaacKuo Před rokem +5

    Yeah, there are a lot of Dune quotes ... more so than The Lord of the Rings, I think, because Dune has a lot less description and a lot more dialog. However, "Fear is the mind killer" is so brief and so repeated and so well known compared to the others ... it's a no-brainer.

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +2

      Yeah I think it's the easiest one to say since the other quotes tend to be a lot longer lol

    • @stomponator5969
      @stomponator5969 Před rokem

      "The Spice must flow" is the first one to come to my mind. Is it even in the book, though? Might be a movie thing. My go-to quotes from Dune are "Bless the Maker and his water..." and "May thy knife chip and shatter!"

  • @Florfilm
    @Florfilm Před rokem

    Great video. I’m happy to see my quote from Dune won.

  • @spectreharlequin
    @spectreharlequin Před rokem +2

    To me notably missing quotes are: "The Spice must flow" - Dune and "Sweet Summer Child" - ASOIAF

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +1

      Sweet summer child isn’t invented by Martin though! It was a phrase used in the Victorian era and other eras - I know this in part because my mom used to say it to me growing up!

    • @spectreharlequin
      @spectreharlequin Před rokem

      @@Bookborn Ok TIL! I didn't know that. I am honestly surprised "My Precious" wasn't higher, I feel like people always recognize that.

  • @MargaretPinard
    @MargaretPinard Před rokem +1

    Neat idea! I've only read Tolkien of these :)))

  • @beLIEver31415
    @beLIEver31415 Před rokem +1

    "Not all who wander are lost" IS SO SO SO SO ICONIC AND EVERYWHERE :) And I struggle not to buy all the little crap that says it haha b/c I do love it too!

  • @gracefullynadine864
    @gracefullynadine864 Před rokem +2

    The best line in Game of Thrones is spoken by Tyrion. "Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you."
    A bit wordy to be sure, but it's just... Always the first place my mind goes. I honestly find "Winter is coming" to be overplayed and a bit boring.

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem

      Yeah, I mean my favorite quotes would be different than all these famous ones too! But the idea of this video was the most iconic/known, and unfortunately the shorter ones tend to stick more lol

  • @myerr21
    @myerr21 Před rokem

    As a 35 year old dude from the middle of the country. This is possibly my favorite quote of all time, spoken by Nyancat al'Meara “Lan told me once that Malkier lives so long as one man wears the hadori in pledge that he will fight the Shadow, so long as one woman wears the ki'sain in pledge that she will send her sons to fight the Shadow. I wear the ki'sain, Master Aldragoran. My husband wears the hadori. So do you. Will Lan Mandragoran ride to the Last Battle alone?” Shes probably my favorite fantasy character of all time. She does so much cool stuff, she doesnt do it for glory or riches, she does it because it needs to be done. She probably choked me up 10 times, the quote I posted had tears on my cheeks. Shes so cool.
    Edit: I might get hate for this, but the LotR movies are so much better than the books. The books were great for their time. Compared to modern fantasy its only meh. The movies will be good forever.

  • @mikem1585
    @mikem1585 Před rokem +4

    Honorable mentions for consideration:
    “Journey before destination, you bastard.” (Cosmere)
    “Do you not know death when you see it?” (LOTR, Witch King)
    “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” (LOTR, Gandalf)
    “Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.” (WOT, Mat)
    “Jaimie Lannister sends his regards.” (ASOIAF, Roose)

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +1

      All great, famous quotes, although I will say I'm very partial to Journey before Destination, you bastard.

    • @mikem1585
      @mikem1585 Před rokem

      @@Bookborn that was such a great moment!

  • @halia2958
    @halia2958 Před rokem +1

    I am hope.
    Loved the video!!

  • @1986BNick
    @1986BNick Před rokem

    "You think that if someone's an underdog, that means they're the good guy."- Bull To Fred Johnson The Expanse, Season 5.

  • @beLIEver31415
    @beLIEver31415 Před rokem

    "Honor is Dead but I'll see what I can do" is one of my absolute favorite things I've ever read in literature. I know I am speaking to the choir here but the idea that "Honor is dead" can mean both that honorable actions/etc are no more as well as the literal meaning of the shard Honor still blows my mind but also it invokes the feelings I felt reading that scene and it took so long for Kal to step in I was genuinely concerned for Adolin and Renarin and it was just the perfect execution imo. Anyway, I love your choice and I noticed they just released a shirt in the BrandySandy store that includes that quote that I actually want to go buy now bc I 100% agree with your assessment that it is the perfect thesis of the Cosmere :)

  • @DocHogan
    @DocHogan Před rokem +2

    I don’t know if it’s a “best” quote, the top ones that give me chills, no matter how many times I hear them or how prepared I *think* I am for them…
    “They have caged Shadowkiller.”
    “My husband rides from Land’s End to Tarwins Gap. Does he ride alone?”
    Be careful with “The Wheel weaves..”. The last word is “wills,” not “will”. Phrasing it as “The Wheel weaves as the Wheel will” opens it up to chance and happenstance, while “The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills” is deterministic and ascribes intent to the weaving of the Wheel.
    From Dune… “My name is a killing word”
    "If you've never seen a dragon up close, you're probably still alive."- Minolan the Spellmonger
    Magelord, by Terry Mancour
    Honorable mention, from Firefly:
    “My days of not taking you seriously are coming to a middle.”

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +2

      "Does he ride alone" is literally SUCH AN EPIC MOMENT. That line is so good, absolutely gave me chills.

  • @justinkirkland140
    @justinkirkland140 Před rokem +1

    One of my favorites is Dalinar's "Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing".

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem

      I was super surprised not a single person wrote this one, since I think it's one of the more famous one. I guess it's not as iconic as the others, but I think it's very inspiring.

  • @zionssuburb
    @zionssuburb Před rokem +1

    Ender Wiggin isn’t a killer. He just wins-thoroughly. OSCard

  • @Tuonela0
    @Tuonela0 Před rokem

    "Honor is not dead so long as he lives in the hearts of men" is much better than that Kaladin quote.

  • @jimave
    @jimave Před rokem +1

    I’d include Steven King’s Dark Tower series: “Long days and pleasant nights.” And “…there are other worlds than these.”

  • @CantankerousDave
    @CantankerousDave Před rokem

    I was always taught that “shall” is used with first person singular and plural - I/we shall, but you/he/she/it will - so that Gandalf line has always bugged me. And by taught, I mean drilled into us by ruler-wielding nuns.

  • @gregdawe2786
    @gregdawe2786 Před rokem

    "Honor is dead.... but I'll see what I can do " is one of the best one liners ever written.

  • @TMxtt
    @TMxtt Před rokem +1

    Why haven't you watched/read anything Song of Ice and Fire-related? Both the books and tv show are really good, tho I prefer the tv show. Some scenes/setups in the latter are just unbelievably good!
    I appreciate the pollings closed, but my fav quote from Wheel of Time -- my fav series of the book series you featured -- would have to be the entire passage when Hopper dies, beginning with "Out of the night Hopper came...". I still get chills reading that today, more than two decades after originally reading it.
    "Out of the night Hopper came, and Perrin was one with the wolf. Hopper, the cub who had watched the eagles soar, and wanted so badly to fly through the sky as the eagles did. The cub who hopped and jumped and leaped until he could leap higher than any other wolf, and who never lost the cub's yearning to soar through the sky. Out of the night Hopper came and left the ground in a leap, soaring like the eagles. The Whitecloaks had only a moment to begin cursing before Hopper's jaws closed on the throat of the man with his lance leveled at Perrin. The big wolf's momentum carried them both off the other side of the horse. Perrin felt the throat crushing, tasted the blood.
    Hopper landed lightly, already apart from the man he had killed. Blood matted his fur, his own blood and that of others. A gash down his face crossed the empty socket where his left eye had been. His good eye met Perrin's two for just an instant. Run, brother! He whirled to leap again, to soar one last time, and a lance pinned him to the earth. A second length of steel thrust through his ribs, driving into the ground under him. Kicking, he snapped at the shafts that held him. To soar."
    --The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time #1)

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +1

      I haven't read /watched ASOIAF just for personal reasons - I choose to not watch/read media where sexual assault or graphic sexual descriptions are a large part of it, since I really just do not enjoy that. I've heard the books are a lot less of that (or at least it fades to black) so I may give the first one a try and see how I do, but I for sure will never be watching the show for that reason! Nothing personal against it, just my own thing!
      That is a great hopper quote. Someone else mentioned the tarwin gap scene "does my husband ride alone" and I have to admit that's the one that gives me chills.

  • @DocHogan
    @DocHogan Před rokem

    “Green, green, brown; we are Salamander!”

  • @haplon33
    @haplon33 Před rokem

    “Till Shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day." i say this all the time!

  • @rodrigocpmarinho
    @rodrigocpmarinho Před rokem +1

    Will you do an analysis of the last part of Andor season one? I would LOVE to see your opinions! Great video!

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +1

      Yes for sure! Hopefully out next week

  • @MrEvanMorrison
    @MrEvanMorrison Před 4 měsíci

    "None may live now as they have lived, and few shall keep what they call their own. Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house." Aragorn The Two Towers “The Riders of Rohan”

  • @Scubasteve5022
    @Scubasteve5022 Před rokem +1

    loved the disclaimer, i literally LOL’d. Nice to know you’re a mere mortal like the rest of us 😁

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +1

      I could not stop laughing when I had filmed like twenty minutes and realized then that I had said it wrong the ENTIRE time after saying it was one of the most famous quotes ever 🤣🤣 the IRONY

    • @Scubasteve5022
      @Scubasteve5022 Před rokem

      #fakefan 😂😆

  • @tokenghost7777
    @tokenghost7777 Před rokem

    Too many rules... the best fantasy quote ever is “Polka will never die!”

  • @rainbowsprinklez
    @rainbowsprinklez Před rokem

    Obv haven't watched this yet, but excited to dive in!

    • @rainbowsprinklez
      @rainbowsprinklez Před rokem

      I skipped to the Wheel of Time... I'M NOT BIASED! I also caught myself saying that to myself as a, "Oh well. So be it." type of thing

  • @onfaerystories
    @onfaerystories Před rokem

    How fun was that video!
    I'm surprised one very famous LOTR quote wasn't an option, but I guess it's a bit long. If I had to shorten it, it would be when Gandalf says to Frodo: “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” Though I think it's much more poignant in context.
    Also, I've only read Game of Thrones #1 and watched the first few episodes. I never continued, it was way too graphic for me (still remember that beheading), both on page and on screen. I still remember shaking in horror after finishing a chapter. Martin had just described a character's death I will never forget. I can't imagine actually watching that! People are crazy. 💀
    Oh, and out of all of these, First Law is my favourite (alongside LOTR). What I love so much about Abercrombie's quotes is that they're both full of wisdom, irony and humour 👌 Humour in such a bleak world is so necessary and makes for a much better reading experience in my opinion. Can't wait to read Best Served Cold soon. 🤗

  • @inkibusss
    @inkibusss Před rokem

    "You just picked the Kelsier quote because Mistborn came out this week!" I shout from the rafters, willfully ignoring that you've likely been working on this video for weeks.

  • @Perry_Wolf
    @Perry_Wolf Před rokem +2

    Not from these books, but I leave it wherever I can..."So long, and thanks for all the fish!"
    P.S. - How in the world did "Blood and bloody ashes" not make the top of the Wheel of Time series?!?!

  • @percybhere
    @percybhere Před rokem +1

    The most iconic had to be the “winter is coming”….
    There was a point you could not escape the quote , you mentioned promotional material, but that’s not even scratching the surface
    This quote was in games, movies and other tv series that have nothing in common with ASOIAF, it’s one of those that has just slipped into internet vocabulary to describe any disaster

  • @gregdawe2786
    @gregdawe2786 Před rokem +1

    How did nobody think "Fly you fools" was the most iconic. smh

  • @tanyam928
    @tanyam928 Před rokem

    I think I put ones down that were the first to come to mind, but maybe if I thought about it more like what quote is best representative of the series I might change it. But if it comes to your mind first, then maybe it is what sticks with you and is most iconic to you. These series do all have several great quotes!

    • @tanyam928
      @tanyam928 Před rokem

      I was kind of wondering, even though you said specifically book quotes how many would put movie only quotes. 😆

  • @beLIEver31415
    @beLIEver31415 Před rokem

    You never watched or read GOT??? That's incredible for me to wrap my mind around considering your fantasy interests, how much you've read, etc etc Amazing :)

  • @biluepaynker9472
    @biluepaynker9472 Před rokem

    I would say the most powerful lines are one of two for Brandon, book1 and book4
    Book 1" the light eyes don't care so I must so you must so we must"
    Book 6 " your good enough for me"

  • @esteban280889
    @esteban280889 Před rokem

    Havent read stormlight, but 'Theres always another secret" is mine for Cosmere. Brandon even used it on the secret project reveal.
    LOTR: Fly you fools
    ASOIAF: Winter is coming
    Others i havent read

  • @kyle4693
    @kyle4693 Před rokem +1

    Princess Bride
    Enders game
    Willow (not a book but maybe can flex rules)
    Narnia
    HP
    (Brainstorming for the next one)

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +1

      Princess bride will for sure be one where 99% of people will only say movie quotes lol

    • @kyle4693
      @kyle4693 Před rokem

      @@Bookborn I was happy to see that inconceivable is in the book. Yay.

  • @safinan8008
    @safinan8008 Před rokem

    Hi 👋 have a wonderful thanksgiving to u and ur family! 🍁📽⚔️🎥

  • @SneakyTurtle710
    @SneakyTurtle710 Před rokem

    The First Law quote is interesting. I have never read any of the books, but I have said "You've got to be realistic." Probably hundreds of times in my life. Can something really be an iconic quote if it was just a fairly common phrase before it was a quote?

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem

      I mean in the context of the book and how it’s said, I think it can be!

    • @SneakyTurtle710
      @SneakyTurtle710 Před rokem

      @Bookborn that's valid. My statement wasn't a critique, more of a hypothetical question. Like I said, I haven't read the book, so I don't know the context.

  • @sieuzice
    @sieuzice Před rokem

    Will we get more Andor? I was Shocked by how good the season was.
    So many gray characters and so detailed, nothing is filler content, everything is added there for a reason. I often found myself going back to the start of a scene just because I wasn't paying 100% attention to it, simply because I was still thinking of a previous one..
    Also I kept asking myself for the first 6 episodes "It's damn good.. but when are they gonna F us?!" because that's what we expect from Disney, yet it never happened (..this season..).

  • @Antonio-oc8ub
    @Antonio-oc8ub Před rokem +1

    You’re definitely going to disagree with me but I personally wouldn’t even say that “There’s another secret “ is the most iconic Mistborn quote. Like, I’m obviously not going to say it is not iconic since that’s just a lie, but I feel like “Ash fell from the sky” and my personal choice “I am, unfortunately, the hero of ages” are slightly more iconic (the margin between the three though is almost negligible so I understand the other choices). If we are talking Cosmere though, I have other options. I don’t think “My life to yours, my Breath becomes yours” should be underestimated but the most iconic are definitely all from Stormlight. For the single most iconic, I think it’s definitely “Journey Before destination “, and there’s probably no quote that comes close. I feel like it’s THE main quote of the series. Some others that can compete with it are “I will take responsibility for what I’ve done, If I fall I will rise each time as a better man” (Weird how “you can’t have my pain” was the main quote chosen and not this one, but the two are close so yea makes sense) and “Honor is dead, but I’ll see what I can do” + my what I chose “I’m a stick” (I didn’t think enough probably but it’s funny ho I wasn’t the only one to think that). Other minor ones that could work are “you will be warm again”, “we chose”, etc.
    Talking about Lord of the rings, I must say I haven’t read the books, but I feel like “My precious” is just so iconic, even people who haven’t had any contact with the series can quote it. Though to be fair, shortly ago I looked to some old exams to practice some exercises for my career, and one of them had a quote at the end: “not all who wander are lost”, so that’s something I should mention 😂😂
    Edit: damn I forgot to say, great video!! Very entertaining and a great idea.

  • @Tmindful182
    @Tmindful182 Před 27 dny

    Ahh yes… Remembering life before you read ASOIAF… Before everything changed. Things were simpler then. Alas, the world awaits us all

  • @Blakhouse
    @Blakhouse Před rokem

    Blood calls blood - wheel of time

  • @readbykyle3082
    @readbykyle3082 Před rokem +1

    I AM A STICK

  • @some5794
    @some5794 Před rokem

    Say one thing about Logan ninefingers

  • @wbebbs
    @wbebbs Před rokem

    V fun! Thanks BB

  • @paulkalaj3500
    @paulkalaj3500 Před 11 měsíci

    Well that's pulling hairs, and it means the same, just shall is just more intense spoken, the English Language has differentiated things that where not need to be so slight. Spoken and written English are so different.

  • @shawnbonneau5731
    @shawnbonneau5731 Před rokem

    I'm shocked to realize that "the spice must flow" is not in the original books, even though I've read them.

  • @GlobalCalligraphic-oo1wq

    And for my boon...

  • @coolfish420
    @coolfish420 Před rokem +3

    I must have missed it, do you plan on ever reading SOIAF, or is it just not for you? Also, I'm the one who sent in "the sleeper hae awakened"...guess I exposed myself lmao

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem +1

      not exposing, we are in this TOGETHER lol. I may read ASOIAF, although I'll never watch the show. I avoid books/shows that place a large emphasis on graphic sex and sexual assault. Some people have told me the book isn't as bad as the rep the show gave it in that regard, so I may eventually pick it up.

    • @coolfish420
      @coolfish420 Před rokem

      @@Bookborn i totally understand. i have movies i won't watch because of the body horror, even though i know they're acclaimed. i like the game of thrones series, but even if you never dig into it i'll be sticking around here!

  • @gib6099
    @gib6099 Před rokem

    Loved this video. Agree that the spice must flow is the most evocative quotation from Dune. If I may ask a favor? Please don't refer to books as properties! You give so much love to books and stories, it was disconcerting to hear market/attorney talk about your belovèd books and movies. I love your videos because you are bookborn, not property born! 🙃

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem

      i mean...they are properties at this point though haha. Lord of the Rings, ASOIAF, Dune...these have pervaded the public consciousness, become so much more then even they started as, that they are indeed, properties. Yes, we may wish they stayed in their book format and were only known that way, but...it's just not reality.

    • @gib6099
      @gib6099 Před rokem

      @@Bookborn I was trying to speak more meaning more than accuracy accuracy per se. Stories, books, adaptations, narratives-these words focus on what something IS, while words like property, content, IP focus on who’s buying, selling and controlling the underlying stories. Your lovely channel seems to focus more on the artistic side of things rather than the commerce/legal side of things. I’m a known quibbler, so take it with a grain of salt. Thanks for the reply.

  • @faridmahnad4985
    @faridmahnad4985 Před rokem

    The I will do better writing is fantastic but I suppose it is too long to be included.

  • @dododimitrov9657
    @dododimitrov9657 Před rokem +1

    what about "The sea is always right"" hahaha

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem

      I feel like that quote is going to haunt me for the rest of my life 🤣 iconic… in a different way

    • @dododimitrov9657
      @dododimitrov9657 Před rokem

      @@Bookborn Bookborn this might be an idea for another video. Most cringe quotes/unfitted quotes in sci-fi movies.

  • @thepanmancoast
    @thepanmancoast Před rokem

    Where is the witcher series?

  • @MT-tx2xd
    @MT-tx2xd Před rokem

    You are a nerd. Not me. JK. I guess I am a little nerdy.

    • @Bookborn
      @Bookborn  Před rokem

      Nothing wrong with being a nerd, it's a fun place to be.