I recently finished the book I'll Give You The Sun and in all honesty, it is one of the best books I've ever read. It beats all John Green books, I loved it so much. It has an incredible storyline, a plot twist, an incredible writing style and a brilliant ending. It is a tale of love, family issues, creativity and mystery. I've been reading more and more mystery contemporary novels and have loved them. After reading a review, I saw everyone saying how amazing the quotes were in the novel. Reading this, I decided to tab in the book at quotes, and here are some that I found!
1. "I married a mystery, professor"
Jude and Noah's dad regarding their mother.
2. "When people fall in love, they burst into flames"
Jude quoting something Grandma Sweetwine used to say.
3. "We exhale together, then inhale together, exhale, inhale, in and out, out and in, until not even the trees remember what happened in the woods yesterday, until Mom's and Dad's voices turn from mad to music, until we're not only one age but one complete and whole person"
Jude and Noah whilst their parents are arguing.
4. "I did read once that anxiety can significantly alter space-time perception."
Jude and her Doctor-Who reference... or is that just me?
5. "This is what I want: I want to grab my brother's hand run back through time, losing years like like coats falling from our shoulders. Things don't really turn out like you think."
Jude reminiscing on her past and how she misses the relationship she had with her brother.
6. "She gives up light. I give up dark. Oh, my body's tightening into a wrung towel from thinking like this. And all the color's spiralling off everything. ( Self-portrait: Gray Noah Eating Gray Apples on Gray Grass )
Noah looking back at events and creating 'what-if' situations in his head. Throughout the novel, Noah makes self portraits and paintings based on situations.
7. "It was like he's discovered a whole new color spectrum. It was like he'd found another galaxy of imagery. It was like he'd replaced me.
Jude is looking through Noah's sketchbooks as she appeared in them less and less.
8. "If one twin is cut, the other will bleed"
Jude has realised how her and Noah's relationship is disappearing. This is another of Grandma Sweetwine's verses of her 'bible.
9. "He's a skyscraper, impossibly imposing with his arms crossed now against his chest in a battle stance, studying me like I'm a new life form"
I won't say too much, but Jude manages to run in to trouble.
10. "His eyes have become gentle. I'm swimming in them. It's suddenly so quiet inside me"
Jude is in a conversation with an artist, who is reassuring her that nothing is wrong.
11. "If bad luck knows who you are, become someone else"
Another verse from Grandma Sweetwine's 'bible'.
12. "Then he bestows the final commandment onto me: Thou shalt remake the world. This is something I would very much like to do, though no clue how carving a rock will achieve it."
13. "Oscar does not smell like death."
I'll leave you to work this one out, keeping in mind this is in the point of view of Jude.
14. "The end of the world begins with rain"
A turning point. No more is to be said.
14. "The blindness lasts just a second, then the colours start flooding into me: not through my eyes but right through my skin, replacing blood and bone, muscle and sinew, until I am redorangebluegreenpurpleyellowredorangebluegreenpurpleyellow."
Easily the cutest scene in the book for me, but I'll leave you to find the other quotes as I don't want to give too much away!
15. "This is it. This is freaking everything. This is the painting painting itself."
A beautiful quote surrounding art from the point of view of Noah.
16. "You can't help who you love, can you?"
A life lesson from mother-to-son about love.
17. "Noah once told me he could hear horses galloping inside her. I got it."
Jude has figured out her mother. She isn't scared, she's daring, she's brave.
18. "It's time for second chances. It's time to remake this world."
After a mistake, Jude tries again, and is determined to do what's best for everyone.
19. "I'm at the edge of the world looking for my brother"
This quote has meanings metaphorically and physically.
20. "Zephyr Ravens is an eclipse."
Zephyr is another character, and this sums him up in a sentence.
21. "The sun, stars, ocean, trees, everything, I gave it all up for you."
This book has the most adorable quotes. Aw.
22. "You're going to obliterate me, you know?"
Seemingly like The Fault In Our Stars but, really, I think it's done better.
23. "I let it. I let my heart break. And Noah is there, strong and sturdy, to catch me, to hold me through it, to make sure I'm safe."
The true power of sibilings always gets me here. Despite them growing apart in the story, they'll always be there for each other.
24. "There is the world, remade."
Coming back to the world remaking. Things are better now.
25. "We give up, happily. It's a new age."
Does anything need to be said about the twins in this one?
26 "It was right and wrong both. Love does as it undoes. It goes after, with equal tenacity: joy and heartbreak."
Realisations of NoahandJude. Some of the best things in this book are their realisations.
27. "So we grapple with the mysteries, each in our own way."
Not much needs to be said about this beautiful quote.
28. "The sunset has turned the sky into a carnival of color"
Although I haven't referenced them, throughout the book Jandy Nelson always describes the sky. The brighter the sky, the more cheerful the scene. It portays the emotion.
29. " Quick, make a wish, take a second or third or fourth chance."
Motivating you to wish and try again. I love things like this in books.
30. "Remake the world."
This is the last sentence of the entire book, and it ends the novel perfectly, especially when re-reading through things I've tabbed.
Initially, this was going to be 10 quotes, but I can't fit the best ones into such a small number. If you've read the book, let me know what you thought of it, and if you haven't, DEFINITELY add it to your TBR or read it as soon as you can! Leave a comment below of your favourite book quote, or even a favourite in this list.
Happy Reading!
Nell / UntoldNovels x
1. "I married a mystery, professor"
Jude and Noah's dad regarding their mother.
2. "When people fall in love, they burst into flames"
Jude quoting something Grandma Sweetwine used to say.
3. "We exhale together, then inhale together, exhale, inhale, in and out, out and in, until not even the trees remember what happened in the woods yesterday, until Mom's and Dad's voices turn from mad to music, until we're not only one age but one complete and whole person"
Jude and Noah whilst their parents are arguing.
4. "I did read once that anxiety can significantly alter space-time perception."
Jude and her Doctor-Who reference... or is that just me?
5. "This is what I want: I want to grab my brother's hand run back through time, losing years like like coats falling from our shoulders. Things don't really turn out like you think."
Jude reminiscing on her past and how she misses the relationship she had with her brother.
6. "She gives up light. I give up dark. Oh, my body's tightening into a wrung towel from thinking like this. And all the color's spiralling off everything. ( Self-portrait: Gray Noah Eating Gray Apples on Gray Grass )
Noah looking back at events and creating 'what-if' situations in his head. Throughout the novel, Noah makes self portraits and paintings based on situations.
7. "It was like he's discovered a whole new color spectrum. It was like he'd found another galaxy of imagery. It was like he'd replaced me.
Jude is looking through Noah's sketchbooks as she appeared in them less and less.
8. "If one twin is cut, the other will bleed"
Jude has realised how her and Noah's relationship is disappearing. This is another of Grandma Sweetwine's verses of her 'bible.
9. "He's a skyscraper, impossibly imposing with his arms crossed now against his chest in a battle stance, studying me like I'm a new life form"
I won't say too much, but Jude manages to run in to trouble.
10. "His eyes have become gentle. I'm swimming in them. It's suddenly so quiet inside me"
Jude is in a conversation with an artist, who is reassuring her that nothing is wrong.
11. "If bad luck knows who you are, become someone else"
Another verse from Grandma Sweetwine's 'bible'.
12. "Then he bestows the final commandment onto me: Thou shalt remake the world. This is something I would very much like to do, though no clue how carving a rock will achieve it."
13. "Oscar does not smell like death."
I'll leave you to work this one out, keeping in mind this is in the point of view of Jude.
14. "The end of the world begins with rain"
A turning point. No more is to be said.
14. "The blindness lasts just a second, then the colours start flooding into me: not through my eyes but right through my skin, replacing blood and bone, muscle and sinew, until I am redorangebluegreenpurpleyellowredorangebluegreenpurpleyellow."
Easily the cutest scene in the book for me, but I'll leave you to find the other quotes as I don't want to give too much away!
15. "This is it. This is freaking everything. This is the painting painting itself."
A beautiful quote surrounding art from the point of view of Noah.
16. "You can't help who you love, can you?"
A life lesson from mother-to-son about love.
17. "Noah once told me he could hear horses galloping inside her. I got it."
Jude has figured out her mother. She isn't scared, she's daring, she's brave.
18. "It's time for second chances. It's time to remake this world."
After a mistake, Jude tries again, and is determined to do what's best for everyone.
19. "I'm at the edge of the world looking for my brother"
This quote has meanings metaphorically and physically.
20. "Zephyr Ravens is an eclipse."
Zephyr is another character, and this sums him up in a sentence.
21. "The sun, stars, ocean, trees, everything, I gave it all up for you."
This book has the most adorable quotes. Aw.
22. "You're going to obliterate me, you know?"
Seemingly like The Fault In Our Stars but, really, I think it's done better.
23. "I let it. I let my heart break. And Noah is there, strong and sturdy, to catch me, to hold me through it, to make sure I'm safe."
The true power of sibilings always gets me here. Despite them growing apart in the story, they'll always be there for each other.
24. "There is the world, remade."
Coming back to the world remaking. Things are better now.
25. "We give up, happily. It's a new age."
Does anything need to be said about the twins in this one?
26 "It was right and wrong both. Love does as it undoes. It goes after, with equal tenacity: joy and heartbreak."
Realisations of NoahandJude. Some of the best things in this book are their realisations.
27. "So we grapple with the mysteries, each in our own way."
Not much needs to be said about this beautiful quote.
28. "The sunset has turned the sky into a carnival of color"
Although I haven't referenced them, throughout the book Jandy Nelson always describes the sky. The brighter the sky, the more cheerful the scene. It portays the emotion.
29. " Quick, make a wish, take a second or third or fourth chance."
Motivating you to wish and try again. I love things like this in books.
30. "Remake the world."
This is the last sentence of the entire book, and it ends the novel perfectly, especially when re-reading through things I've tabbed.
Initially, this was going to be 10 quotes, but I can't fit the best ones into such a small number. If you've read the book, let me know what you thought of it, and if you haven't, DEFINITELY add it to your TBR or read it as soon as you can! Leave a comment below of your favourite book quote, or even a favourite in this list.
Happy Reading!
Nell / UntoldNovels x