{"id":16818,"date":"2021-09-11T15:41:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T13:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/?p=16818"},"modified":"2021-10-17T10:37:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T08:37:30","slug":"september-11-book-quotes-911-neverforget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/september-11-book-quotes-911-neverforget\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorable September 11 Book Quotes, 9\/11 #NeverForget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A bouquet of September 11 Book Quotes on the 20th Anniversary Commemoration of the 11 September terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, because this was a tragedy that pulled our <\/strong>world apart, and brought us all <\/strong>together. 9\/11 #NeverForget<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd then, on September 11, the world fractured. It’s beyond my skill as a writer to capture that day and the days that would follow…”<\/p>Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance<\/em><\/a>, Barack Obama<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cshe was a bookkeeper for the Port Authority, one week shy of her sixtieth birthday. She had limped down about one thousand steps from the 73rd floor, hobbled by fallen arches, a bad leg from having been hit by a car several months earlier, and assorted maladies. An office manager and others had helped Josephine to get this far…”<\/p>Fall and Rise: The Story of 9\/11<\/em><\/a>, by Mitchell Zuckoff<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was as if real life had been canceled for the day.\u201d<\/p>Who Do You Love<\/em><\/a>, Jennifer Weiner<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe significance of the date of September 11th, 9\/11, was seared into the nation’s collective memory, altering the way those affected looked at the calendar and even clocks.\u201d<\/p>The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9\/11<\/a> , <\/em>Garrett M. Graff<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt says in the Qur’an that the taking of a single life destroys a universe, and there was evidence in front of me- twenty-seven hundred universes shattered in a few moments. Universes of family, of children, of friends.\u201d<\/p>I Am Pilgrim<\/a> <\/em>by Terry Hayes<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“I resented being connected to those monsters in any way. I hated that this […] cloth on my head made me look like I was complicit in that shit. I was just as terrified of the terrorists as everyone else. My life was as shaken up as everyone else’s. My heart broke for all the victims, just like everyone else’s.\u201d<\/p>Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam<\/a><\/em>, Yasmine Mohammed<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbout five floors up from the top . . . you have about fifty people with their faces pressed against the window trying to breathe.\u201d<\/p>102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers<\/a><\/em>, Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStanding out there in the dark, I felt many different things. One of them was pride in my fellow Americans, ordinary people who rose to the moment, knowing it was their last. One was humility, for I was alive and untouched by the horrors of that day, free to continue my happy life as a husband and father and writer.”<\/p>Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog<\/em><\/a>, John Grogan<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwo days after the tragic events of 9\/11, I found myself anxious, upset, and desperately in need of the color green.\u201d<\/p>Mad About Hue: A Memoir in Living Color<\/em>, Eleyne-Mari Sharp<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we\u2019ve never met.\u201d<\/p>Love Is the Higher Law<\/a><\/em>, David Levithan<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“I was fresh out of College on September 11. Woke up early and went to vote. I was working for a Taxi company in New York so I didn\u2019t want to be too late to work. Mornings were good for tips, nights better. I had my first customer in the back when traffic became still. We were near Times Square. Suddenly CNN \u2018Breaking News\u2019 was showing on all the big TV screens all over the buildings. And they were all broadcasting the same image, over and over again. The Twin Towers…”<\/p>Silent Heroes<\/a><\/em>, Patricia Furstenberg<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Have you read any books <\/a>that depict the events of September 11, 2001? <\/em>Do you know other relevant book quotes<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A bouquet of September 9\/11 Book Quotes today, on the 20th Anniversary Commemoration the 11 September terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, because this was a tragedy that pulled our world apart, and brought us all together. #911 #NeverForget<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A bouquet of September 11 #BookQuotes on the 20th Anniversary Commemoration of the 11 September terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, a tragedy that pulled our world apart, and brought us all together. \n#911 #NeverForget","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1640,1342,2229],"tags":[5477,5476,5475,3106,5474],"class_list":["post-16818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan-war","category-authors","category-silent-heroes","tag-neverforget","tag-9-11","tag-book-quotes","tag-books-to-read","tag-september-11"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/september-11-book-quotes.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16721,"url":"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/first-book-review-transylvanias-history-a-to-z\/","url_meta":{"origin":16818,"position":0},"title":"First Book Review for Transylvania\u2019s History A to Z","author":"Patricia Furstenberg","date":"07\/09\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"First review for my latest book, Transylvania\u2019s History A to Z, comes from lovely Bonnie of 'Bonnie Reads and Writes.' @BonnieReads777 #TuesdayBookBlog","rel":"","context":"In "Authors and books"","block_context":{"text":"Authors and books","link":"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/category\/authors\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Transylvania book travel time","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-book-travel-time.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-book-travel-time.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-book-travel-time.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Transylvania-book-travel-time.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9183,"url":"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/quotes-importance-reading\/","url_meta":{"origin":16818,"position":1},"title":"Quotes on the Importance of Reading","author":"Patricia Furstenberg","date":"03\/08\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Essential quotes on the importance of reading. 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