"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."

I think this fabulous opening line from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by
C.S. Lewis speaks for itself.

Beware, Donna, you've opened the floodgates--you may be getting a quote a
day from me!

Katherine Hyde
www.kbhyde.com

Here's my quote.

...and so there ain't nothing more to write about, and I am rotten glad of it, because if I'd a knowed what a trouble it was to make a book I wouldn't a tackled it and I ain't agoing to no more. But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the reast, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before. - Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Steve Vernon

My quote: "When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news." -- Anthony Horowitz, Stormbreaker.

A terrific opening line.

LMC

www.lesliecarmichael.ca

"I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me." from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

This was my favorite childhood poem. Thanks.

Kathy Stemke

Freelance Writer/Author/Educator

"Farther up, farther in!"

--Aslan in The Last Battle, by CS Lewis

-- submitted by Bev. Cooke

Upcoming Themes for KidLit Quotes

The first month this blog is launched (January 2010), you'll be reading miscellaneous quotes, probably mostly posted by me & a number of invited friends to start-- but please do start sending quotes as soon as you want!

Then I hope to do some themes month by month, such as:


February: Love (too obvious? from Love You Forever to Twilight, KidLit should offer plenty of quotes on this topic!)

October: Hallowe'en

December: Christmas & other winter holidays

We may not do a theme every month, just some of them. Other themes could include different genres (mystery, fantasy, historical) or topics. If you have a suggestion, please reply to the comments section of this post!

Sample KidLit Quote Blogpost Format

"Little girl, little girl, drink some juice

You think too much and your brain's come loose."


--Dennis Lee, from a playground rhyme in Jelly Belly


The part about thinking too much and your brain coming loose was stuck in my head last night as the idea for this blog was gestating.-- Donna Farley