<p>The biggest ringers with me:</p>
<p>“There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams–not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion.” - The Great Gatsby (which I can’t believe hasn’t made it here yet)!</p>
<p>“Can the genius of the hero fall to the middling stature of the merely talented?” - Icarus by Henry Field</p>
<p>I also loved Gattaca, Ender’s Game, Jurassic Park, and Catch-22, which were all already mentioned.</p>