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43 Great Quotes From Literature We Forgot to Mention
“My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” — The Princess Bride (Sharon F.)
“It is a truth universally that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” — Pride and Prejudice (Shelley H.)
“Have a biscuit, Potter.” — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Megan B.)
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” — A Tale of Two Cities (Mary Ellen R.)
“My dear, I don’t give a damn.” — Gone With the Wind (Michelle C.)
“Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.” — Brave New World (Amber D.)
“By the time we arrived, as evening was approaching, I felt as sore as a rock must feel when the waterfall has pounded on it all day long.” — Memoirs of a Geisha (Sunny H.)
“Neighbours bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbour. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good luck pennies, and our lives.” — To Kill a Mockingbird (Shirisha T.)
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” —The Gunslinger (Rob B.)
“Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit em, but remember that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” — To Kill a Mockingbird (Kristy E.)
“And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” — The Great Gatsby (Caitlyn S.)
“I think of my life as a kind of music, not always good music but still having form and melody.”— East of Eden (Jessica H.)
“Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.” —The Outsiders (Laura M.)
“And in that moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.” — Other Voices, Other Rooms (Madalaine B.)
“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents!” — Little Women (Peggy C.)
“When the day shall come that we do part,” he said softly, and turned to look at me, “if my last words are not ‘I love you’—you’ll ken it was because I didn’t have time.” — The Fiery Cross (Sharon T.)
“Hey, boo.” — To Kill a Mockingbird (Theresa M.)
“I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents.” – East of Eden (JA R.)
“I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent!” — Horton Hatches the Egg (Carlie B.)
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” — The Fellowship of the Ring (Mel F.)
“Tomorrow I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.” — Gone with the Wind (Carla M.)
“If this typewriter can’t do it, then [email protected]#$ it, it can’t be done. — Still Life with Woodpecker (Dan E.)
“Sometimes you have to keep on steppin’.”— The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 (Mary D.)
“There are few people whom I really love and still fewer of whom I think well.” — Pride and Prejudice (Pauline S.)
“Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story.” The Things They Carried (Kristy C.)
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” – Anna Karenina (JA R.)
“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.” — Slaughterhouse-Five (Heather R.)
“Marley was dead as a doornail.” — A Christmas Carol (Colleen D.)
“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aurelio Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon that his father took him to discover ice.” — One Hundred Years of Solitude (Janice S.)
“What fresh hell is this?” — Jane Eyre (Katie D.)
“Heart like shale. What you need is a good fracking.” — MaddAddam (Anna L.)
“Always.” — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Aimee U.)
“Everything’s profound when there’s guns and zombies.” — Sandman Slim (Caroline R.)
“To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream.” — The Bell Jar (Veronica F.)
“For one last time, Miriam does as she is told.” — A Thousand Splendid Suns (Barbara W.)
“And that’s all we are Jefferson, all of us on this earth, a piece of drifting wood. Until we—each of us, individually—decide to become something else. I am still that piece of drifting wood, and those out there are no better. But you can be better.” — A Lesson Before Dying (Emily K.)
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” — The Fault in Our Stars (Jen P.)
“‘Nobody run off with her,’ Roscoe said. ‘She just run off with herself, I guess.'” — Lonesome Dove (Cindy A.)
“At the beginning of the summer I had lunch with my father, the gangster, who was in town for the weekend to transact some of his vague business.” — The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (Arthur M.)
“What keeps you going isn’t some fine destination but just the road you’re on, and the fact that you know how to drive.” — Animal Dreams (Liz M.)
“He was dancing, dancing. He says he’ll never die.” — Blood Meridian (Reed M.)
“We’re all damaged, somehow.” — A Great and Terrible Beauty (Caitlin P.)
“He’s more myself than I am.” — Wuthering Heights (Cortina W.)
“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” — The Princess Bride , Betty D.
“You know it don’t take much intelligence to get yourself into a nailed-up coffin, Laura. But who in hell ever got himself out of one without removing one nail?” — The Glass Menagerie (chelseyam)
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Famous Literary Quotes
Most of us enjoy a good read, whether it is a novel that moves us to tears, a play that intrigues or a poem that rouses our passions, a piece of well-written literature can have an impact on our emotions, on our behaviour and on our value-systems. There are very few of us who can recall a piece of writing verbatim. There are specific quotes however, that stay with us. These can be useful in a variety of situations; from quiz to job interview, being or appearing to be well read can hold you in good stead. Here are a few examples.
Inspirational Literary Quotes
From time to time, we all need a motivational boost. Sometimes we need to enthuse those around us. There is nothing more effective in these situations than a well-chosen inspirational quote from literature. Here are some favourites:
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known.”
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
At the end of A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton is awaiting his death by guillotine. For the sake of love, Carton has deliberately swapped places with another and in this quote is contemplating both his own self-sacrifice and the fate of France.
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkein
This quote is from a conversation between Gandalf and Frodo and follows Gandalf’s telling of the story of the Ring. Frodo expresses regret that these things have happened during his lifetime. Gandalf’s response suggests both a responsibility to do that which we have been destined to do, and a lack of control over our fates.
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Dr Seuss
For a children’s book, ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’ is pretty inspirational. We don’t find out exactly who the ‘you’ protagonist is, but the story follows him through a myriad of strange places and the reader finishes convinced of the benefit of endeavour and adventure.
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
Another book written for children but loved by adults. This is a comment made by Professor Albus Dumbledore to Cornelius Fudge. Cornelius has expressed the opinion that ‘Muggles’ and ‘Mudbloods’ (humans and half-humans) are inferior to wizards and witches. Albus responds by asserting that it is not pedigree that matters but talent.
Romantic Literary Quotes
If you have ever been in a romantic situation where you want to say exactly the right thing, but find yourself tongue-tied, you might like to choose from this section of romantic literary offerings.
“But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, W.B. Yeats
Not being satisfied with roses or diamonds, in this poem Yeats suggests that, if he had access them, he would lay out the heavens for his love to walk on. In his reference to ‘dreams’, he admits that he has little to offer but nonetheless pleads a gentle reception.
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Here Cathy is talking to Nelly, the family servant, about her inescapable connection to Heathcliff. She recognises that her feelings for Linton, whom she is going to marry, are entirely different to her almost spiritual relationship with Heathcliff.
“But soft! W hat light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”
Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
Maybe the most famous love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet’s ill-fated affair is known to most of us. The beautiful quote above is the start of Romeo’s comparison of Juliet to the sunlight as she leans over her balcony.
Literary Quotes for Business
The business world can be a tough one. You are bound to have days when you wonder whether the results are worth the effort. If this sounds like you, if you are struggling for a bit of employee motivation or if you need to give some sound advice, read on.
“Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
Ulysses, Alfred Lord Tennyson
In this poem Ulysses, of Troy fame and also known as Odysseus, has completed his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca from Troy and is considering his future as an older man. He has realised that he is now facing a different kind of battle, not against enemies, but against the inevitable process of aging.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone … just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had .”
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nick Carraway is the narrator of this story. He is portrayed as an Everyman, in other words, a typical human being. Nick is presented as having a level of uprightness that the other characters lack. The inclusion of this piece of paternal advice at the very start of his narration suggests that he is exhorting us to reserve judgment ourselves.
“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
This quote is part of Atticus Finch’s lesson to his son Jem on the subject of courage. Atticus wants Jem to understand that courage comes in different forms; they are talking about the death of Mrs Dubose who, before she died, successfully fought a morphine addiction.
The Meaning of Life
Understanding the meaning of life is a quest that has occupied mankind for some time now. We are not suggesting that we know all the answers, but here are a few famous quotes from literature that might give you a bit of food for thought.
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
The Tempest, William Shakespeare
Here what Prospero is referring to is the sleep of death. He is alluding to the transitory nature of life, likening it to the temporary world of acting and the ephemeral realm of the spirits.
“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”
When We Were Very Young, A.A. Milne
A self-explanatory excerpt from a much-loved Winnie-the-Pooh poem, this quote might appeal to those of you who enjoy food but understand the benefits of getting outside and exercising after dinner. A reminder maybe that life is not all about indulging ourselves.
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkein
This poem was written about Aragorn, a humble human king who undertakes great journeys and explorations. It is used twice in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’, once by Gandalf in a letter to Frodo and later by Bilbo, and is an attempt to persuade Frodo of Aragorn’s importance to Middle Earth. It is also an exhortation to the reader to see beyond his own value systems.
“The Answer to the ultimate question of Life, The Universe and Everything is…42!”
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
You can make what you want of this answer, and that was the author’s intention. In the story, the supercomputer ‘Deep Thought’ has taken a very long time to work out that the answer is ‘42’ but is quick to point out the meaninglessness of this answer, because no human being actually knows what the question was. This answer has perhaps become more famous than the book itself.
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Home » 90 Beautiful Love Quotes from Literature
90 Beautiful Love Quotes from Literature
By: Author Brooklyn Reid
Posted on Last updated: September 25, 2022
Categories Quotes
Love is powerful, but it’s also complicated.
More often than not, it’s difficult to put that feeling of love into words because it will steal them right out of your mouth. We can, thankfully, always turn to literature to fill in the gaps and find some romantic inspiration.
Whether you’re looking to get into the Valentine’s Day spirit, or you’re struggling with words to express how you feel for someone special, these beautiful love quotes from literature are sure to help.
Chances are, some of the best and most famous writers have already put your thoughts into words.
On our list of love quotes from books , you’ll find romantic quotes for him, love quotes for her, and inspirational love quotes you can use as Instagram captions, to remind someone how special they are to you, or anything else you can think of.
After all, there are (at least) a million different ways to say “I love you,” and no one knew them better than these wordsmiths.
Best love quotes from literature
1. “He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” ― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
2. “I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who’s ever lived: I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
3. “I’ve never had a moment’s doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.” ― Ian McEwan, Atonement
4. “Having begun to love you, I love you for ever – in all changes, in all disgraces, because you are yourself.” ― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
6. “…There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.” ― Homer, The Iliad
7. “Each time you happen to me all over again.” ― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
8. “It’s enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
9. “Who, being loved, is poor?” — Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
10. “It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.” ― Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain
11. “She was more than human to me. She was a Fairy, a Sylph, I don’t know what she was – anything that no one ever saw, and everything that everybody ever wanted. I was swallowed up in an abyss of love in an instant. There was no pausing on the brink; no looking down, or looking back; I was gone, headlong, before I had sense to say a word to her.” ― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
12. “It is better to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.” ― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
13. “Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.” ― Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam
14. “Wounds heal. Love lasts. We remain.” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
15. “I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.” ― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
16. “Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Bound
17. “If I know what love is, it is because of you.” — Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund
18. “All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.” — Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
19. “Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
20. “Gamble everything for love, if you are a true human being.” ― Rumi, The Essential Rumi
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21. “A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.” ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road
22. “Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
23. “Don’t ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.” ― Toni Morrison, Jazz
24 . “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
25. “Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.” — William Goldman, The Princess Bride
26. “To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.” — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
27. “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
28. “Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
29. “Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I’m never not thinking of you.” — Virginia Woolf, Selected Diaries
30. “I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.” — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
30. “I have for the first time found what I can truly love – I have found you. You are my sympathy – my better self – my good angel – I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wrap my existence about you – and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one.” — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
31. “I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.” ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
32. “You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.” — John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
33. “For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary” ― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander
34. “To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.” ― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
35. “Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.” ― Paulo Coelho, Aleph
36. “Love is a great beautifier.” ― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
37. “What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life–to strengthen each other in all labour, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?” – George Eliot, Adam Bede
38. “Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.” ― Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
39. “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
40. “We loved with a love that was more than love.” ― Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee
41. “I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
42. “So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
43. “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper
44. “If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
45. “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
46. “Beauty made you love, and love made you beautiful.” ― Elizabeth von Arnim, The Enchanted April
47. “It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That’s as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.” ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear
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48. “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” ― Jane Austen, Emma
49. “Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.” ― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
50. “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
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51. “When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are to become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the desire to mate every second of the day. It is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every part of your body. No … don’t blush. I am telling you some truths. For that is just being in love; which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over, when being in love has burned away. Doesn’t sound very exciting, does it? But it is!” – Louis de Bernieres, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
52. “Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.” ― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
53. “We are all fools in love.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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54. “The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
55. “Love, she thought, must come suddenly, with great outbursts and lightnings,–a hurricane of the skies, which falls upon life, revolutionises it, roots up the will like a leaf, and sweeps the whole heart into the abyss.” ― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
56. “There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.” ― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
57. “My love is selfish. I cannot breathe without you.” ― John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
58. “Oh, you can’t describe someone you’re in love with!” ― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
59. “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
60. “The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.” ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
61. “When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.” ― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
62. “Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
63. “Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven
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64. “If it’s true that here are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
65. “I want to know you moved and breathed in the same world with me.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
66. “It isn’t possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.” ― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View
67. “We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.” ― Robert Fulghum, True Love
68. “He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.” — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
69. “If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.” — Anton Chekhov, The Seagull
70. “They held each other and kissed and pushed each others’ darkness into the corner, believing in each others’ light, each others’ dream.” ― Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream
71. “Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel.” ― Neil Gaiman, Stardust
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72. “I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.” ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
73. “Love is like the sea. It’s a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.” ― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
74. “The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.” ― Blaise Pascal, Pensées
75. “And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you.” ― Kiersten White, The Chaos of Stars
76. “I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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77. “Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.” ― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd
78. “The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.” – Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
79. “To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life.“ – Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
80. “My heart is, and always will be, yours.” — Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
81. “And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.” ― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
82. “How frightening, that one person could mean so much, so many things.” ― Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds
83. “Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.” ― Orhan Pamuk, Snow
84. “Doubt thou that the sun is fire, Doubt that that the sun does move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt that I love.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet
85. “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.” – Roald Dahl, The Witches
86. “If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I’d stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest.” ― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name
87. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” ― Erich Segal, Love Story
88. “Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
89. “The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
90. “I love you wildly, insanely, infinitely.” ― Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
91. “I have so much of you in my heart.” ― John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
92. “It was good to be alive; it was better to be young; it was best of all to be in love.” ― Arthur C. Clarke, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
93. “I will follow you to the ends of the world.” ― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns
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The best writers create stories that linger in the mind. Some people look at the prose, while others focus on the format and style it was written in. And still, others praise how an author harnesses words to make powerful sentences.
From a catchy opening line to a clever bit of dialogue , literature is littered with sentences and phrases that have become iconic to people. They stick to your mind, leaving you contemplating even long after you turn the final page.
Best Quotes From Books You Love
Literature has always been a treasure trove of meaningful and timeless quotes that apply to practically everything. These iconic strings of words are nuggets of gold swimming in a sea of silver text.
From new or old, fiction or non-fiction, below are some of the best quotes you’ll read from the books you love.
1. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
2. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
3. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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“A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well — or ill?”
5. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
“This above all: To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
6. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
7. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
“What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?”
8. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
“Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.”
9. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.”
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
11. The Round House by Louise Erdrich
“Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass.”
12. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
13. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
“Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!”
14. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
15. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
16. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
17. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
18. 1984 by George Orwell
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
19. Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
“Why, sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
20. Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay
“When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.”
21. Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
“We all require devotion to something more than ourselves for our lives to be endurable.”
22. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
“It was all very well to be ambitious, but ambition should not kill the nice qualities in you.”
Wisdom From Literature
Books have a lot to say, some of which the author didn’t even intend to tell. They take a life of their own, shaped by the writer’s experiences and the reader’s perspectives. As such, you’ll find many books that not only relay facts and information but also insights and guidance.
Think back on your favorite novel. There’s likely a phrase or an action that stuck to you while reading. It might have even affected how you viewed the world, molding your own morals and standards. In this, books are like friends you can always turn to for advice.
Just look at how Spider-man popularized the adage “With great power comes great responsibility.” It’s been deeply ingrained in popular culture, inspiring not only Peter Parker but also legions of fans worldwide.
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We have many classic books from our ancient literature that impact many people, emotionally, behaviorally & morally. They are written by the writers, a piece of their writings are often remembered, stay with us for a very long time, influencing our value systems.
There is always a pleasant feeling when one comes across words that once impacted them for quite some time. It might be apt to quote the sayings of Cliff Fadiman, "When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before." So, here we have collected some of such best products to share with you.
If you are looking for more quotes then, you may want to check our similar articles on Pride and Prejudice quotes and Jane Eyre quotes might interest you as much!
Famous Quotes From Classic Literature Authors
'Wuthering Heights', ' Great Expectations ', 'Pride and Prejudice', 'The Great Gatsby', 'Hamlet', etc are considered English literature classics.
1."Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
- Emily Bronte , ' Wuthering Heights '
2."It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."
- J.K. Rowling, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'
3."Not all those who wander are lost."
- J R R Tolkein, 'The Lord of the Rings'
From the most famous love story ever, Romeo and Juliet:
4."But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
- William Shakespeare, 'Romeo and Juliet'
We've classic love quotes from literature by Shakespeare:
5."I will wear him; In my heart’s core, ay, in my heart of heart."
- William Shakespeare, 'Hamlet'
6."We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our one little life is rounded with a sleep."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tempest'
From the poem Ulysses, where Ulysses realizes that times changed, and he has to fight against his aging process after he returned from his ten-year voyage:
7."Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
- Alfred Lord Tennyson , 'Ulysses'
Few More Famous Literary Quotes
Literature is an art of expression. An expression of emotions, and feelings through words. Some literary works are remembered for long as they create a deeper impact on the reader's mind. Here we bring some famous literary quotes for you.
8."You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know."
- Oscar Wilde,'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
9."I assure you that the world is not so amusing as something we imagined."
- Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, 'Dangerous Liaisons'
10."One day I will find the right words, and they all will be simple."
- Jack Kerouac, 'The Dharma Bums'
11."The author says one character's definition of a classic is any book he'd heard of before he was thirty."
- Sinclair Lewis , 'It Can't Happen Here'
12."There are years that ask questions and years that answer."
- Zora Neale Hurston, 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'
13."Sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
- Lewis Carroll , 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland'
14."The best teacher is experienced and not through someone's distorted point of view"
- Jack Kerouac, 'On the Road'
15."Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion."
- Jane Austen, 'Pride and Prejudice'
16."I felt purged and holy and ready for a new life."
- Sylvia Plath, 'The Bell Jar: A Novel Classic'
17."Every atom of your flesh is dear to me as my own: In pain and sickness it would still be dear"
-Charlotte Brontë, 'Jane Eyre'
18."I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, 'The Great Gatsby'
19."Time, which sees all things, has found you out."
- Sophocles, 'Oedipus the King'
20."They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate."
- William Golding , 'Lord of the Flies'
21."It’s funny. All one has to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to."
- J D Salinger
22."I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life."
- F Scott Fitzgerald, 'The Great Gatsby'
On the subject of courage, a father, Atticus, says the following quote to his son, Jem from famous classic:
23."Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."
- Harper Lee,' To Kill a Mockingbird'
A quote from Winnie-the-Pooh poem:
24."A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise."
- A.A. Milne,' When We Were Very Young'
There's a quote by Douglas Adams that people have recognized more than his book:
25."The Answer to the ultimate question of Life, The Universe and Everything is…42!"
- Douglas Adams, ' The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy '
Charles Dickens's Quotes From Literature
Let's continue with the author of the famous 'Great Expectations', ' A Tale of Two Cities ', & many more novels, Charles Dickens !
26.“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known.”
- Charles Dickens, 'A Tale of Two Cities'
27."There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
- Charles Dickens, ' A Christmas Carol '
28."I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
- Charles Dickens, 'Great Expectations'
29."Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."
- Charles Dickens
30."The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again."
- Charles Dickens, 'Nicholas Nickleby'
31."I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul."
32."Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him."
- Charles Dickens, 'David Copperfield'
33."There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth."
Best Classic Book Quotes
As Italo Calvino said, "A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say," people do have lot more classic book quotes to ponder upon. Here is another list of our best classic quotes including classic literature quotes about friendship. You can use a quote or two to share your thoughts with your near and dear ones.
33."And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better"
- George Eliot , 'Middlemarch'
34."I gave my whole heart up, for him to hold."
- Geoffrey Chaucer, 'The Canterbury Tales'
35."If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love"
- George Orwell, '1984'
36."Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars"
- J.R.R. Tolkein , 'The Lord of the Rings'
37."What's the good of a home if you are never in it?"
- George & Weedon Grossmith, 'The Diary of a Nobody'
38."All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J.R.R. Tolkein, 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
39."That is the one unforgivable sin in any society. Be different and be damned!"
- Margaret Mitchell, 'Gone with the Wind'
40."Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old"
- Jonathan Swift , 'Gulliver's Travels'
41."Here let dead poetry rise once more to life."
- Dante Alighieri, 'The Divine Comedy'
42."Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
- Mary Shelley , 'Frankenstein'
43."Predominant options are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing"
- Flora Rheta Schreiber, 'Sybil x'
44."Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children"
- William Makepeace Thackeray, 'Vanity Fair'
45."It had already occurred to him that books were stuff, and that life was stupid."
- George Eliot, 'Middlemarch'
46."The world is full of places to which I want to return"
- Ford Madox Ford
47."I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!"
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, 'The Scarlet Letter'
48."I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go it laughing"
- Herman Melville , 'Moby-Dick'
49."Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 'The Little Prince'
50."It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then"
- Lewis Carroll, 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland'
51."If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!"
- Mark Twain, ' Adventures of Huckleberry Finn '
52."It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
53."It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, ' The Little Prince '
54."I have got key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen."
- Louisa May Alcott , 'Little Women'
55."Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched..."
- J.K. Rowling, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'
56."Life is not always perfect. Like a road, it has many bends, ups and down, but that’s its beauty."
- Amit Ray, 'World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird'
57."Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly."
- Khaled Hosseini 'And the Mountains Echoed'
58."We are asleep until we fall in love!"
- Leo Tolstoy, ' War and Peace '
59."Top 15 Things Money Can’t Buy - Time. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity."
- Roy T. Bennett, 'The Light in the Heart'
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for Classic Literature Quotes, then why not take a look at christmas story quotes , ' Lord of the Flies' quotes or Fahrenheit 451 quotes .
A content writer, travel enthusiast, and mother of two kids (12 and 7), Deepthi Reddy is an MBA graduate who has finally struck the right chord in writing. The joy of learning new things and the art of writing creative articles gave her immense happiness, which helped her write with more perfection. Articles about travel, movies, people, animals and birds, pet care, and parenting are a few of the topics written by her. Traveling, food, learning about new cultures, and movies have always interested her, but now her passion for writing is also added to the list.
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100 Powerful Quotes from the Best Classic Literature
Classics are evergreen books that although written centuries ago, their themes are relevant even today. Their writing inspires many readers globally and some of their quotes are just worthy of being carved in stone and hung on your library wall for fond remembrance and inspiration.
Over my reading journey I have luckily read and loved many classics Indian and International. And some of them I haven’t loved but the author’s and characters’ words have stuck in my mind and accompany me even today.
So here’s my list of 100 of the best quotes taken from classic books.
Unique Book Recommendations to help you find your next read
- “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
- “If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.” ― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
- “After all, tomorrow is another day!” ― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
- “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle; Corrections And Editor Edgar W. Smith; Illustrators, The Hound of the Baskervilles
- “No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- “Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” ― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
- “All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had all the usual human feelings and were very ordinary girls; while the other class -herself alone- had no weaknesses and was superior to all humanity.” ― Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
- “I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time.” ― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
- “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” ― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- “All I want is a dress with puffy sleeves!” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
- We must take the good wherever we find it and try to remove the bad wherever it may be. - Letters from a father to his daughter – Jawaharlal Nehru
- “You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.” – The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- “Push yourself. Don't Settle. Just live well. Just LIVE.”.”- Me Before You Jojo Moyes
- I have told you before that the idea of religion first came through the fear of the unknown. - Letters from a father to his daughter – Jawaharlal Nehru .
- “At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.” – Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Iconic Quotes from Classic Books
- “The same question arose in every soul: "For what, for whom, must I kill and be killed?” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
- “You know, Watson, I don't mind confessing to you that I have always had an idea that I would have made a highly efficient criminal.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- “Be worthy love, and love will come.” – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- “Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. I’m so sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for.” – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- ““A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” – A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
- “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” – A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
- “ Love wins, love always wins.”- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- “The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live. .”- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- “If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. Life is the moment we are living now.” – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
- “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” – P ride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- “My own definition is a feminist is a man or a woman who says, yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better. All of us, women and men, must do better.” – We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
- “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”- – The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde .
- “You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.”- Me Before You Jojo Moyes
Famous Quotes from Literature
- “At some point I was a Happy African Feminist Who Does Not Hate Men and Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and High Heels for Herself and Not For Men.” – We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
- Perfect Love does that to a person, it changes you forever. – The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
- You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love. – The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
- “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- “ Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again .” – Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” . – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- “ No, darling! To die it's easy... But you have to struggle for life!” – The Complete Maus by Art Spiegel man
- “Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone.” - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- “Love is never any better than the lover. ” – The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- “ Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever. ” – Animal Farm by George Orwell
- “Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.” - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- “ It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone. ” – Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
- “ The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. ” – Animal Farm by George Orwell
Best One Liners from Classic Novels
- “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.” – The Bell Jar by Sylv ia Plath
- “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- “Who really said that India is a country? It is a continent – culturally vibrant, diverse in food and yet, distinctly Indian at heart. – Three Thousand Stitches by Sud ha Murthy
- “What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.” – Siddartha by Herman He sse
- “It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.” – The perks of being a w allflower by Stephen Chbosky
- “Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” – Of Mice and men by John S teinbeck
- I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself. – Metamorphosis by Franz Kaf ka
- “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” – The Little Prince by Antoine de-Saint Exu pery
- “All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.” – The Little Prince by Antoine de-Saint Exupery
- “What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream.” – Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
- “Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.” – Night by Elie Wiesel
- “To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” – Night by Elie W iesel
- “Where should I go?" -Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up." - The Cheshire Cat.” – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
- “There is no crime in anyone’s blood any more than there is goodness in the blood of others. Criminals are not born. They are made by hunger, want and injustice.” – Train to Pakistan b y Khushwant Singh
- “Why, why is anyone superior to another? Why are we all sinners?” – Untouchable by Mulk Ra j Anand
Profound Quotes from English Literature
- “ You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – The Help b y Kathryn Stockett
- “ Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.” – The Help by Kathryn St ockett
- "Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you." – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margare t Atwood
- "Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some." – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margar et Atwood
- “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.” – Hunger Games by Suzanne C ollins
- “For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.” – Hunger Games by Suzanne C ollins
- “He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.” – Man’s Search for meaning by Viktor F rankl
- “Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning.” – Man’s Search for meaning by Vikto r Frankl
- “He had been held to her by a beautiful thread which it pained him to spoil by breaking, rather than by a chain he could not break.” ― Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
- “We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet it with care and judgment. Then virtue and contentment will come and reign within your heart, unsought by any effort of your own; and you will be a good citizen, a loving husband, and a tender father—a noble, pious man.” ― Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
- “There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley” ― Emma by Jane Austen
- “Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.” ― Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- “It was against my principles and all, but I was feeling so depressed I didn't even think. That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think.” ― The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- “Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge.” ― Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- “It is dreadful that one cannot tear our the past by the roots. We cannot tear it out but we can hide the memory of it.” ― Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
100 Best Literary Quotes
- “I'm afraid your principles on some points are eccentric.”― Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- “Toward the end of 1939, Liesel had settled into life in Molching pretty well. She still had nightmares about her brother and missed her mother, but there were comforts now, too. She loved her papa, Hans Hubermann, and even her foster mother, despite the abusages and verbal assaults. She loved and hated her best friend, Rudy Steiner, which was perfectly normal. And she loved the fact that despite her failure in the classroom, her reading and writing were definitely improving and would soon be on the verge of something respectable. All of this resulted in at least some form of contentment and would soon be built upon to approach the concept of Being Happy."― The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- “What a fool I was not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself!”― The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- “That child of Hell had nothing human; nothing lived in him but fear and hatred.”― The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- “He looked across the sea and knew how alone he was now. But he could see the prisms in the deep dark water and the line stretching ahead and the strange undulation of the calm. The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water, then blurring, then etching again and he knew no man was ever alone on the sea.”― The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you.” — Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” — The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
- “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” — Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- “A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well — or ill?” — East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- “Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.” — Beloved by Toni Morrison
- “And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” — The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- “Ever’body’s askin’ that. ‘What we comin’ to?’ Seems to me we don’t never come to nothin’. Always on the way.” — The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.” — Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- “It is nothing to die; it is dreadful not to live.” — Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
- “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” — Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- “ Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” — Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- “I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.” — The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- “When you play the game of thrones you win or you die.” — A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- “From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood.” — A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- “Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.” — Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
- “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” — Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
- “We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.” — The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.” — The Witches by Roald Dahl
- There is always something left to love.” ― One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
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15 inspiring literary quotes that will start your new year off right.
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Great writers don't always offer the words of undiluted inspiration we'd like; their keen insight and penchant for honesty about the human condition produces observations about our weakness, our sins or about how painful history can shadow our futures ("The past is never dead. It's not even past," as William Faulkner wrote).
The New Year, however, is no time for such dire reflections. No matter that, as Mark Twain likes to point out, "Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual." Perhaps this year you will actually use your gym membership, read one nonfiction book a week, and bring a healthy lunch to work daily. A new year means you get to, nominally at least, wipe the slate clean. Forget your past failures and your life of disappointments: 2015 is going to be your year .
Fortunately, a few more optimistic, or at least more sentimental, authors have the words of encouragement you need to hear as the new year begins. Here are 15 galvanizing passages from your favorite authors, from Dickens to Dillard, on the joy of a new year and a new beginning:
“A new heart for a New Year, always!” ― Charles Dickens
“Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.” ― Alfred, Lord Tennyson
“[T]omorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well & serenely, & with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day ... is too dear with its hopes & invitations to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.” ― Emily Dickinson
“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. Unless a man starts on the strange assumption that he has never existed before, it is quite certain that he will never exist afterwards.” ― G.K. Chesterton
“For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.” ― T.S. Eliot
“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” ― L.M. Montgomery
“Each age has deemed the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer.” ― Sir Walter Scott
“I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.” ― Anaïs Nin
“[I]f this life of ours Be a good glad thing, why should we make us merry Because a year of it is gone? but Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'...” ― Alfred, Lord Tennyson
“The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.” ― Ezra Pound
“The horizon leans forward, Offering you space to place new steps of change.” ― Maya Angelou
“The beginning is the most important part of any work.” ― Plato
“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is -- infinite.” ― William Blake
"I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing." ― Annie Dillard
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30 Short Inspirational Quotes from Books
I love book quotes a little too much! Here are some of my favorite short inspirational quotes from books. What does “short” mean? I went back and forth and finally decided to defer to the wisdom of a little blue bird and limited this list to quotes shorter than an old-school tweet.
“Be yourself and people will like you.” — Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
“Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human.” — Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
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“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” — Phrynette Married by Marthe Troly-Curtin
“When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.” — Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
“She decided long ago that life was a long journey. She would be strong, and she would be weak, and both would be okay.” — Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” — The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” — The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.” — I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.” — An Autobiography by Agatha Christie
“And, now that you don’t have to be perfect you can be good.” — East of Eden by John Steinbeck
“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” — Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
“We all require devotion to something more than ourselves for our lives to be endurable.” — Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.” — The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” — Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.” — Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
“It was all very well to be ambitious, but ambition should not kill the nice qualities in you.” — Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
“Just because your version of normal isn’t the same as someone else’s version doesn’t mean that there’s anything wrong with you. — The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne
“You are your best thing.” — Beloved by Toni Morrison
“There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.” — The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
“I don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to understand things for them to be.” — A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” — Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” — The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
“‘What day is it?’, asked Winnie the Pooh. ‘It’s today,’ squeaked Piglet. ‘My favorite day,’ said Pooh.” — The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
“So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” — The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” — The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
What are your favorite short inspirational quotes from books?
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Using Literary Quotations
Use the guidelines below to learn how to use literary quotations.
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Introduction
When you’re asked to write a paper analyzing a work of literature, your instructor probably expects you to incorporate quotations from that literary text into your analysis. But how do you do this well? What kind of quotations do you use? How do you seamlessly weave together your ideas with someone else’s words?
On this page we clarify the purpose of using literary quotations in literary analysis papers by exploring why quotations are important to use in your writing and then explaining how to do this. We provide general guidelines and specific suggestions about blending your prose and quoted material as well as information about formatting logistics and various rules for handling outside text.
Although this material is focused on integrating your ideas with quotations from novels, poems, and plays into literary analysis papers, in some genres this advice is equally applicable to incorporating quotations from scholarly essays, reports, or even original research into your work.
For further information, check out our Quoting and Paraphrasing resource, or you may wish to see when the Writing Center is offering its next introductory workshop about the genre of literary analysis. Additionally, our Short Guide to Close Reading for Literary Analysis offers wonderful insight into how you can read a piece of literature in order to analyze it.
Why should I use literary quotations?
Within a literary analysis, your purpose is to develop an argument about what the author of the text is doing—how the text “works.” You use quotations to support this argument. This involves selecting, presenting, and discussing material from the text in order to “prove” your point—to make your case—in much the same way a lawyer brings evidence before a jury.
Quoting for any other purpose is counterproductive. Don’t quote to “tell the story” or otherwise convey basic information about the text; most of the time within this genre you can assume your reader knows the text. And don’t quote just for the sake of quoting or to fill up space.
How do I use literary quotations?
General guidelines.
The following paragraph is from a student’s analysis of the relationship between two characters in Woolf’s To the Lighthouse . Notice how statements expressing the writer’s ideas and observations are verified with evidence from the novel in both summarized and quoted form.
We learn about Mrs. Ramsey’s personality by observing her feelings about other characters. For example, Mrs. Ramsey has mixed feelings toward Mr. Tansley, but her feelings seem to grow more positive over time as she comes to know him better. At first Mrs. Ramsey finds Mr. Tansley annoying, as shown especially when he mentions that no one is going to the lighthouse (7). But rather than hating him, she feels pity: “she pitied men always as if they lacked something . . .” (85). Then later, during the gathering, pity turns to empathy as she realizes that Mr. Tansley must feel inferior. He must know, Mrs. Ramsey thinks, that “no woman would look at him with Paul Rayley in the room” (104). Finally, by the end of the dinner scene, she feels some attraction to Mr. Tansley and also a new respect: “She liked his laugh . . . She liked his awkwardness. There was a lot in that man after all” (110). In observing this evolution in her attitude, we learn more about Mrs. Ramsey than we do about Mr. Tansley. The change in Mrs. Ramsey’s attitude is not used by Woolf to show that Mrs. Ramsey is fickle or confused; rather it is used to show her capacity for understanding both the frailty and complexity of human beings. This is a central characteristic of Mrs. Ramsey’s personality.
Your ideas + textual evidence + discussion
Notice that this paragraph includes three basic kinds of materials: (a) statements expressing the student’s own ideas about the relationship Woolf is creating; (b) data or evidence from the text in summarized, paraphrased, and quoted form; and (c) discussion of how the data support the writer’s interpretation. All the quotations are used in accordance with the writer’s purpose, i.e., to show how the development of Mrs. Ramsey’s feelings indicates something about her personality.
Textual evidence options
Quoting is only one of several ways to present textual material as evidence. You can also refer to textual data, summarize, and paraphrase. You will often want merely to refer or point to passages (as in the third sentence in the above example paragraph) that contribute to your argument. In other cases, you will want to paraphrase, i.e., “translate” the original into your own words, again instead of quoting. Summarize or paraphrase when it is not so much the language of the text that justifies your position, but the substance or content.
Quoting selectively
Similarly, after you have decided that you want to quote material, quote only the portions of the text specifically relevant to your point . Think of the text in terms of units—words, phrases, sentences, and groups of sentences (paragraphs, stanzas)—and use only the units you need. If it is particular words or phrases that “prove” your point, you do not need to quote the full sentences they appear in; rather, incorporate the words and phrases into your own sentences that focus on your own ideas.
Blending your prose and quoted material
It is permissible to quote an entire sentence (between two sentences of your own), but in general you should avoid this method of bringing textual material into your discussion. Instead, use one of the following patterns:
An introducing phrase or orienter plus the quotation:
- In Blake’s poem “The Tyger,” it is creation, not a hypothetical creator, that is supremely awesome. [ argument sentence ]. The speaker asks, “What immortal hand or eye / Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?” [ data sentence; orienter before quote ]
- Gatsby is not to be regarded as a personal failure. [ argument sentence ] “Gatsby turned out all right at the end” (2), according to Nick. [ data sentence; orienter after quote ]
- “Our baby was a boy,” Shukumar tells his wife in the conclusion of Lahiri’s “A Temporary Matter” (22). [ data sentence; orienter after quote ] This admission is a death knell, tolling the end of their failing marriage. [ argument sentence ]
An assertion of your own and a colon plus the quotation:
- In the midst of discussing the fate of the Abame tribe, Uchendu presents his own theory: “There is no story that is not true” (141).
- Fitzgerald gives Nick a muted tribute to the hero: “Gatsby turned out all right at the end” (2).
- Within Othello , Cassio represents not only a political but also a personal threat to Iago: “He hath a daily beauty in his life / That makes me ugly . . .” (5.1.19-20).
An assertion of your own with quoted material worked in:
- For Nick, who remarks that Gatsby “turned out all right” (2), the hero deserves respect but perhaps does not inspire great admiration.
- Satan’s motion is many things; he “strides” through the air (55), arrives like a “rattling” cloud (56), and later explodes—“wandering,” “hovering and blazing” like a fire (270).
- Walking through Geraldine’s house, Pecola “wanted to see everything slowly, slowly” in order to fully appreciate its comparative order and opulence (Morrison 89).
Maintaining clarity and readability
Introduce a quotation either by indicating what it is intended to show, by naming its source, or by doing both. For non-narrative poetry, it’s customary to attribute quotations to “the speaker”; for a story with a narrator, to “the narrator.” For plays, novels, and other works with characters, identify characters as you quote them.
Do not use two quotations in a row without intervening text of your own. You should always be contextualizing all of your outside material with your own ideas, and if you let quotes build up without a break, readers will lose track of your argument.
Using the correct verb tense is a tricky issue. It’s customary in literary analysis to use the present tense; this is because it is at the present time that you (and your reader) are looking at the text. But events in a narrative or drama take place in a time sequence. You will often need to use a past tense to refer to events that took place before the moment you are presently discussing. Consider this example:
When he hears Cordelia’s answer, King Lear seems surprised, but not dumbfounded. He advises her to “mend [her] speech a little.” He had expected her to praise him the most; but compared to her sisters’, her remarks seem almost insulting (1.1.95).
Formatting logistics and guidelines
If for the sake of brevity you wish to omit material from a quoted passage, use ellipsis points (three spaced periods) to indicate the omission. Notice how in the paragraph about To the Lighthouse , above, the writer quoted only those portions of the original sentences that related to the point of the analysis.
When quoting, you may alter grammatical forms such as the tense of a verb or the person of a pronoun so that the quotation conforms grammatically to your own prose; indicate these alterations by placing square brackets around the changed form. In the quotation about King Lear at the end of the previous section, “her” replaces the “your” of the original so that the quote fits the point of view of the paper (third person).
Reproduce the spelling, capitalization, and internal punctuation of the original exactly. Of the following sentences presenting D. H. Lawrence’s maxim, “Books are not life,” the first is not acceptable in some style systems.
- For Lawrence, “books are not life.” [ UNACCEPTABLE ]
- For Lawrence, “[b]ooks are not life.” [ acceptable but awkward ]
- Lawrence wrote, “Books are not life.” [ acceptable ]
- “Books,” Lawrence wrote, “are not life.” [ acceptable ]
- For Lawrence, books “are not life.” [ acceptable ]
Punctuation
You may alter the closing punctuation of a quotation in order to incorporate it into a sentence of your own. For example:
- “Books are not life,” Lawrence emphasized.
Commas and periods go inside the closing quotation marks; the other punctuation marks go outside. For example:
- Lawrence insisted that books “are not life”; however, he wrote exultantly about the power of the novel.
- Why does Lawrence need to point out that “Books are not life”?
When quoting lines of poetry up to three lines long (which are not indented), separate one line of poetry from another with a slash mark with a space on either side (see examples from Blake’s “The Tyger” and Shakespeare’s Othello above).
Indentation
Prose or verse quotations less than four lines long are not indented. For quotations of this length, use the patterns described above.
“Longer” quotations should be formatted according to the expectations of a block quote. This unit of text should be positioned one half inch from the left margin, and opening and closing quotation marks are not used. The MLA Handbook , 8 th edition (2016) recommends that indented quotations be double-spaced, but many instructors prefer them single-spaced. The meaning of “longer” varies slightly from one style system to another, but a general rule is to indent quotations that are more than two (or three) lines of verse or four lines of prose.
If you’re quoting a series of dialogue dialogue between characters in a play, indent these lines and place the speaker’s name before the speech quoted. For example:
- CAESAR: Et tu, Brute! Then, fall, Caesar! CINNA: Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead! (3.1.77-78)
Documentation
Follow your course instructor’s guidelines for documenting sources. If your instructor hasn’t told you which system to use to document sources, ask.
The documentation style used in this handout is that presented in the MLA Handbook , 8 th edition (2016), the most common citation style for literary analysis papers. The Writing Center has information about the rules of documentation within the most common systems .
Works Cited
Achebe, Chinau. Things Fall Apart . 1959. Anchor Books, 1994.
Blake, William. “The Tyger.” Poets.org , American Academy of Poets, https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/tyger. Accessed 1 July 2018.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby . 1925. The Scribner Library, 1953.
Lahiri, Jhumpa. “A Temporary Matter.” Interpreter of Maladies , Mariner Books, 1999, pp. 1-22.
Lawrence, David Herbert. “Why the Novel Matters.” Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays , edited by Bruce Steele, Cambridge University Press, 1985, pp. 191-8.
Milton, John. Paradise Lost . Printed for John Bumpus, 1821. Google Books , https://books.google.com/books?id=pO4MAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false. Accessed 1 July 2018.
Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye . 1970. Plume, 1993.
Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Wordsworth Editions, pp. 582-610.
–. King Lear. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare . Wordsworth Editions, pp. 885-923.
–. Othello, the Moor of Venice. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare . Wordsworth Editions, pp. 818-57.
Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse . 1927. Harcourt, 1981.
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40 Best Christmas Book Quotes for a Literary Holiday
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Explore all the best Christmas book quotes for the most literary time of the year for book lovers.
You’ll hear the greatest Christmas quotations from some of the most famous writers and the most classic Christmas books . These beautiful lines span a range of themes from heartwarming to philosophical and even funny. You’ll hear opening lines of books that also happen to be some of the best Christmas literary quotes, as well as sayings about holiday magic from some of your favorite children’s books.
I compiled this unique list of the best Christmas book quotes from my own vast personal reading of holiday books, old and new, throughout my lifetime as an avid reader and book blogger. Each December, I devour as many seasonal books as possible. Here, I have curated the best Christmas book quotes from the most iconic holiday reads of all time.
Best Christmas Book Quotes
“’Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,’ grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.” – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
“God bless us, everyone!” – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
“’Oh my,’ she exclaims, her breath smoking the windowpane, ‘it’s fruitcake weather!’” – A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” – How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
“[B]y the time they all went to bed on Christmas Eve the house was barely recognizable. The tarnished chandeliers were no longer hung with cobwebs but with garlands of holly and gold and silver streamers; magical snow glittered in heaps over the threadbare carpets; a great Christmas tree, obtained by Mundungus and decorated with live fairies, blocked Sirius’s family tree from view; and even the stuffed elf heads on the hall wall wore Father Christmas hats and beards.” – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; / The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, / In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there[.]” – Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
“Everlasting icicles had been attached to the banisters of the marble staircase; the usual twelve Christmas trees in the Great Hall were bedecked with everything from luminous holly berries to real, hooting, golden owls, and the suits of armor had all been bewitched to sing carols whenever anyone passed them.” – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.” – These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
“The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.” – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
“It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.” – The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
“Christmas, and the end of the year, is definitely a time when people try their hardest to begin afresh, a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.” – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
“Snow was swirling against the icy windows once more; Christmas was approaching fast. Hagrid had already single-handedly delivered the usual twelve Christmas trees for the Great Hall; garlands of holly and tinsel had been twisted around the banisters of the stairs; everlasting candles glowed from inside the helmets of suits of armor and great bunches of mistletoe had been hung at intervals along the corridors.” – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
“That was a very happy breakfast, though they didn’t get any of it. And when they went away, leaving comfort behind, I think there were not in all the city four merrier people than the hungry little girls who gave away their breakfasts and contented themselves with bread and milk on Christmas morning.” – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
“The dance, like most dances after supper, was a merry one; some of the older folks joined in it, and the squire himself figured down several couple with a partner, with whom he affirmed he had danced at every Christmas for nearly half a century.” – Old Christmas by Washington Irving
“On Christmas Eve, Harry went to bed looking forward to the next day for the food and the fun, but not expecting any presents at all. When he woke early in the morning, however, the first thing he saw was a small pile of packages at the foot of his bed.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
“There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning He was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a Rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, He had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen. On Christmas morning, when He sat wedged in the top of the Boy’s stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was charming.” – The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
“A merry Christmas to every-body! A happy New Year to all the world!” – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
“One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
“Christmas it seems to me is a necessary festival; we require a season when we can regret all the flaws in our human relationships: it is the feast of failure, sad but consoling.” – Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene
“At Christmas every body invites their friends about them, and people think little of even the worst weather. I was snowed up at a friend’s house once for a week. Nothing could be pleasanter.“ – Emma by Jane Austen
“The Great Hall looked magnificent. Not only were there a dozen frost-covered Christmas trees and thick streamers of holly and mistletoe crisscrossing the ceiling, but enchanted snow was falling, warm and dry, from the ceiling.” – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
“But I did know that nobody ever asked me what I wanted for Christmas. Had any adult with the power to fulfill my desires taken me seriously and asked me what I wanted, they would have known that I did not want to have anything to own, or to possess any object. I wanted, rather, to feel something on Christmas Day.” – The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
“Harry and Hermione made their way to the back of the room, where there was a small, vacant table between the window and a handsome Christmas tree which stood next to the fireplace. Ron came back five minutes later, carrying three foaming tankards of hot Butterbeer. ‘Happy Christmas!’ he said happily, raising his tankard. Harry drank deeply. It was the most delicious thing he’d ever tasted and seemed to heat every bit of him from the inside.” – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
“Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.” – The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.” – The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
“Harry had never in all his life had such a Christmas dinner. A hundred fat, roast turkeys, mountains of roast and boiled potatoes, platters of chipolatas, tureens of buttered peas, silver boats of thick, rich gravy and cranberry sauce — and stacks of wizard crackers every few feet along the table. These fantastic crackers were nothing like the feeble Muggle ones the Dursleys usually bought, with their little plastic toys and their flimsy paper hats. Harry pulled a wizard cracker with Fred and it didn’t just bang, it went off with a blast like a cannon and engulfed them all in a cloud of blue smoke, while from the inside exploded a rear admiral’s hat and several live, white mice. Up on the High Table, Dumbledore had swapped his pointed wizard’s hat for a flowered bonnet, and was chuckling merrily at a joke Professor Flitwick had just read him.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
“[B]e present and celebrate the holiday instead of wishing it was over. After all, one is given only a certain number of Christmases in one’s life.” – Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
“On a busy day twenty-two thousand people come to visit Santa, and I was told that it is an elf’s lot to remain merry in the face of torment and adversity. I promised to keep that in mind.” – Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
“’Mistletoe,’ said Luna dreamily, pointing at a large clump of white berries placed almost over Harry’s head. He jumped out from under it. ‘Good thinking,’ said Luna seriously. ‘It’s often infested with nargles.’” – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
“[T]he holidays began in late October and steadily gathered momentum until the big bang, a ten-hour marathon on Christmas Day with four meals and a packed house.” – Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
“Always winter but never Christmas.” – The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days, that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!” – The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
“The magi, as you know, were wise men–wonderfully wise men–who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.” – The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
“Hogsmeade looked like a Christmas card; the little thatched cottages and shops were all covered in a layer of crisp snow; there were holly wreaths on the doors and strings of enchanted candles hanging in the trees.” – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
“Christmas should be a time of hope and love and, most appealing of all at this very moment, sleep.” – One Day in December by Josie Silver
“Fine old Christmas, with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in the noblest fashion, and had set off his rich gifts of warmth and color with all the heightening contrast of frost and snow.” – The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
“Two weeks before the end of term, the sky lightened suddenly to a dazzling, opaline white and the muddy grounds were revealed one morning covered in glittering frost. Inside the castle, there was a buzz of Christmas in the air.” – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
“At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.” – The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!” – Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
Those are all the best Christmas book quotes.
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70 Book Quotes About Love
There's something about a good romance novel or book of love poetry that just tugs at the heartstrings. Whether it's the sweeping historical setting, the modern love story, or the heartwarming characters, these books have a way of making us feel all the emotions. And when it comes to expressing romantic love in literature, authors have a way with words that can make your heart skip a beat.
From classic romances like "Pride and Prejudice” to modern love stories like "The Fault in Our Stars”, these books have given us some of the most unforgettable and swoon-worthy love quotes. Whether you're a hopeless romantic or simply looking to add some spark to your relationship, these quotes are sure to make you believe in love.
So, grab a cup of tea, snuggle up to your soulmate, and get ready to fall in love with these beautiful words from book quotes. The following quotes are the perfect way to celebrate the joy and beauty of love, and to remind us that sometimes, all we need is a little bit of romance in our lives.
70 Best Romantic Book Quotes
"You should be kissed and often, by someone who knows how." — Margaret Mitchell, "Gone With The Wind".
"I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea." — Nicholas Sparks, "The Notebook".
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." — Emily Brontë, "Wuthering Heights".
"I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love." — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "Love in the Time of Cholera".
"I wish I knew how to quit you." — Annie Proulx, "Brokeback Mountain".
"I am catastrophically in love with you." — John Green, "The Fault in Our Stars".
"I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be." — Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations".
"I am yours, don't give myself back to me." — Rumi, "The Essential Rumi".
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more." — Jane Austen, "Emma".
"To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further." — Victor Hugo, "Les Misérables".
"I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of." — Charles Bukowski, "Love is a Dog From Hell".
"Each time you happen to me all over again." — Edit Wharton, "The Age of Innocence".
"I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you. No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed." — A.S. Byatt, "Possession".
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you." — A.A. Milne, "Winnie the Pooh".
"I want to be with you forever and beyond..." — J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".
"I can't let you go. I won't let you go. You're mine and I love you." — Cassandra Clare, "City of Heavenly Fire".
"I know from experience that the poets are right: love is eternal." — E.M. Forster, "A Room With a View".
"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close." — Pablo Neruda, "100 Love Sonnets".
"I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you." — Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "Sonnets from the Portuguese".
"But we loved with a love that was more than love — I and my Annabel Lee — with a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven coveted her and me." — Edgar Allan Poe, "Annabel Lee".
"He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking." — Leo Tolstoy, "Anna Karenina".
"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." — Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice".
"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." — John Green, "The Fault in Our Stars".
"Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love." — William Shakespeare, "Hamlet".
"I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day." — Nicholas Sparks, "The Notebook".
"I don’t want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally." — Zelda Fitzgerald, Dear Scott, "Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald".
"So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane." — John Green, "Looking for Alaska".
"I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever." — Robert Browning, "The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett".
"I want you to know that you’re the best thing that ever happened to me." — Richard Curtis, "Love Actually".
"Who, being loved, is poor?" — Oscar Wilde, "A Woman of No Importance".
"The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone." — Jane Austen, "Love and Friendship".
"I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone." — J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings".
"I don’t care how hard being together is, nothing is worse than being apart." — Josephine Angelini, "Starcrossed".
"Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips." — Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Prometheus Unbound".
"I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind of friend. The one who will memorize the things you say as well as the shape of your lips when you say them. I want to know every curve, every freckle, every shiver of your body." — Tahereh Mafi, "Unravel Me".
"Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it." — Nicholas Sparks, "A Walk to Remember".
"I never want to stop making memories with you." — Pierre Jeanty, "Him & I".
"I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love." — William Blake, "The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake".
"I love you as one loves certain obscure things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul." — Pablo Neruda, "Love Sonnet XVII".
"She was more than human to me. She was a Fairy, a Sylph, I don’t know what she was — anything that no one ever saw, and everything that everybody ever wanted." — Charles Dickens, "David Copperfield".
"Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it." — Nicholas Sparks, "A Walk to Remember". "I don't know how you are so familiar to me — or why it feels less like I am getting to know you and more as though I am remembering who you are. How every smile, every whisper brings me closer to the impossible conclusion that I have known you before, I have loved you before — in another time, a different place, some other existence." — Lang Leav, "Love and Misadventure".
"I love you more than words can wield the matter, dearer than eyesight, space, and liberty." — William Shakespeare, "King Lear".
"I loved her not because I wished it, but because I could not help it." — J.R. Ackerley, "My Dog Tulip".
"He was my north, my south, my east and west. My working week and my Sunday rest, my noon, my midnight, my talk, my song … " — W.H. Auden, "Stop All the Clocks, Cut off the Telephone".
"I am in love with you. And I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable. And that we're all doomed. And that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust. And I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have. And I am in love with you." — John Green, "The Fault in Our Stars".
"I loved her like the moon loves the stars, too close for possession, too distant to touch." — Atticus, "Love Her Wild".
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope." — Jane Austen, "Persuasion".
"I am yours, don't give myself back to me." — Michael Ondaatje, "The English Patient".
"You and I, it’s as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught." — Boris Pasternak, "Doctor Zhivago".
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." — William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope." — Jane Austen, "Persuasion". "I loved her for her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self-respect. And it is these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything." — F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Tender Is the Night".
"You could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me." — Cassandra Clare, "City of Glass".
"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds." — William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 116".
"Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear." — Charlotte Brontë, "Jane Eyre".
"I want morning and noon and nightfall with you. I want your tears, your smiles, your kisses...the smell of your hair, the taste of your skin, the touch of your breath on my face. I want to see you in the final hour of my life...to lie in your arms as I take my last breath." — Lisa Kleypas, "Again the Magic".
"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite." — William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet".
"Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering." — Nicole Krauss, "The History of Love".
"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving." — Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist".
"I loved you long before you loved me. It's the only thing I have you beat at, and I'll bring it up every damn chance I get." — Rainbow Rowell, "Attachments".
"Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete." — F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby".
"Do I love you? My god, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches." — William Goldman, "The Princess Bride".
"Love can move people to act in unexpected ways and move them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism." — Khaled Hosseini, "A Thousand Splendid Suns".
"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." — Sarah Dessen, "The Truth About Forever".
"You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought." — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The White Company".
"He sweeps her hair back from her ears; he swings her above his head. He says she is his émerveillement. He says he will never leave her, not in a million years." — Anthony Doerr, "All the Light We Cannot See".
"Love is like a tree; it sprouts forth of itself, sends its roots out deeply through our whole being, and often continues to flourish greenly over a heart in ruins." — Victor Hugo, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".
"You are sunlight through a window, which I stand in, warmed. My darling." — Jessie Burton, "The Miniaturist".
"You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not." — Jodi Picoult, "My Sister’s Keeper".
"Venus in her shell was never so lovely, and Diana in the forest never so graceful as my Lady when she strides through Paris!" — Edmond Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac".
"And you’ll always love me, won’t you?" "Yes." "And the rain won’t make any difference?" "No." — Ernest Hemingway, "A Farewell to Arms".
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Telling the most important people in your life how important they are doesn’t have to wait until Valentine’s Day. Hopefully, you found inspiration in the best love quotes from literature that will help you express your sentiments creatively and poetically! Next up, why not check out our quiz on Great Romantic Icons throughout history?
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30 Of The Most Beautiful Book Quotes Of All Time
So many books, so little time..
All my life I have read books which ultimately changed me and made me the person who I am today. It has given me a new perspective and ideas and has allowed me to travel far across the world. Anyone who loves reading books knows what I am talking about.
But, even though a book can change your perspective on life, there are some literary quotes which touch your heart and change you irreversibly.
1. "Not all those who wander are lost." - The Lord of the Rings
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2. "You’re the kind of person I wanna be with when I want to be alone."- Eleanor & Park
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3. "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."- Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
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4. "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."- Wuthering Heights
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5. "And in that moment I swear we were infinite."- Perks of the Wallflower
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6. "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for."- To Kill a Mockingbird
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7. "When you find out you can live without it, go along not thinking about it."- The Jungle Book
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8. "There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." - The Truth About Forever
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9. "That's how stories happen - with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There's only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story."- Kafka on the Shore
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10. "Happiness can be found even in the darkest times if one only remembers to turn on the light."- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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11. "That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn't. Not enough."- It's Not Summer Without You
12. "i think you're the sort of person who finds money on the ground and waves it in the air and asks if anyone has lost it. i think you cry in movies that aren't even sad because you have a soft heart, though you don't let it show. i think you do things that scare you, and that makes you braver than those adrenaline junkies who bungee-jump off bridges."- just one day.
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13. "You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs."- This Lullaby
14. "dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to snape, and his eyes were full of tears."after all this time""always," said snape."- harry potter and the deathly hallows.
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15. "The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you."- The Book Thief
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16. "Someday, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again."- The Chronicles of Narnia
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17. "You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything. . . affects everything."- Thirteen Reasons Why
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18. "Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them."- My Sister's Keeper
19. "when you love someone, you say their name different. like it's safe inside your mouth."- handle with care.
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20. "I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?"- The Last Song
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21. "You love me. Real or not real?"I tell him, "Real."" - Mockingjay
22. "nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy."- angels & demons.
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23. "It's amazing how lies grow. You start with a small one that seems easy to cover, then you get boxed in and tell another one. Then another. People believe you at first, then they act upon your lies, and you catch yourself wishing you'd simply told the truth."- The Client
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24. "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."- The Alchemist
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25. "When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive."- The Zahir
26. "you deserve someone who loves you with every single beat of his heart, someone who thinks about you constantly, someone who spends every minute of every day just wondering what you’re doing, where you are, who you’re with, and if you’re ok. you need someone who can help you reach your dreams and protect you from your fears. you need someone who will treat you with respect, love every part of you, especially your flaws. you should be with someone who could make you happy, really happy, dancing on air happy."- love, rosie, 27. "that's the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don't expect them or want them."- if you could see me now.
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28. "Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back."- An Abundance of Katherines
29. "for you, a thousand times over."- the kite runner.
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30. "When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books."- Looking for Alaska
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What are the 23 secret flavors in dr. pepper, here's what we know and what we think we know.
The word from Dr. Pepper HQ is that the drink is "a unique blend of natural and artificial flavors," 23 flavors in all. The 23 is stamped on every can and bottle as a symbol of the beverage.
While the drink was established in 1885, it gained national attention in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and it did so with those 23 flavors. People have tried guessing the ingredients ever since.
The official drpepper.com is no help in the quest, stating only: " Ingredients: carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, phosphoric acid, natural and artificial flavors , sodium benzoate (preservative), caffeine."
So what are the 23 flavors? Here are the ones most commonly agreed upon:
From there, it depends on the fan who thinks they've pieced it together. Commonly suggested are the following:
- Black Licorice
- Prickly Ash
- Sarsaparilla
The actual recipe? It's locked up in two different banks in Dallas, Texas, according to legend , broken into two halves.
The Creative Journey
Being a creative soul is not always so easy....
In response to 10 Ways To Find Creative Inspiration When You're Stuck In A Rut
As a creative individual, you may sometimes find it hard to get that inspiration you crave, or maybe you struggle with too many ideas!
A top tip is to write everything down, no matter how silly it sounds.
As a writer, I've had great ideas come into my head at silly times in the morning - normally 2 or 3am. I tell myself I'll remember it and write it down the next morning... And I don't. That is one of my biggest regrets.
It is normally the same with poems too. I'll think of a poem idea, but then I'll write the poem in my mind. I think it's so good that I'll never forget it, but after a sleep - I do forget it. The idea is lost in my sleep, never to be seen again.
I definitely learnt the hard way. It sucks thinking of all the great ideas I've probably lost to sleep.
Phones are a godsend for poets and writers in today's age! I officially no longer take my little ideas I get for granted. Everything is written down, even if it's something I don't understand at first. It's jotted down in my notes.
As a poet, I tend to keep a journal too. This journal is full of poetry. Because, as good as it is to have technology, you can never really beat good pen and paper. It still is one of my favourite ways to craft a poem. It almost seems way more personal to an extent.
Being a creative mind is a blessing, as much as it is a curse. Late night writing, thinking of ideas in the dead of night? It's all part of being a creative person.
Generating fun ideas is always rewarding - but now I always make sure I write them down!
Where Are The Women Surgeons?
I'm talking about you, meredith grey..
Every time I mention that I’m pre-med to someone, the first question that always logically follows that is “What kind of doctor do you want to be?” Only two years into college now, it’s understandable that my answer is always changing. I’ve responded with neurology, anesthesiology, gynecology, endocrinology, cardiology, dermatology, ophthalmology… I might as well just add zoology and geology at this point. But never in my life have I ever said that I wanted to pursue surgery.
I thought about this phenomenon and why I was so deterred to ever share a liking for the surgical field. I have the utmost admiration for surgery, especially after reading Dr. Gawande, Dr. Youn and of all these other great surgeons of our time. It’s a difficult field. It’s respectable. It’s the epitome of the medical field. And yet, I can’t utter the words that I even like the field.
I realized this past summer that without even realizing it, my mind was wired to believe that women and surgery don't mix. Something about the dynamic of medicine or the countless discussions I’ve had with doctors or medical students has completely psychologically shaped me to not view surgeons as women. All the books or articles I’ve come across by surgeons are always by men. The only time I’ve ever seen female surgeons is in "Grey’s Anatomy," and well… That’s it.
Now, I understand that this is a personal perception and there is much more to this reality. There are women surgeons. They do exist. Many of them are successful and extraordinarily hard-working. But, surgery is a very male-dominated field. According to Stanford University , while 33 percent of men choose to pursue surgery in medical school, only 14 percent of women choose to do so. For many reasons, this makes some degree of logical sense -- the lifestyle is worse, many women want to have children and have a family, the pay isn’t equal, the treatment isn’t equal, there are many barriers for women in the surgical field. When I brought up the topic to other doctors, both men and women agreed surgery for women not good for “looks” and the lifestyle is grueling. The journey is very long, arduous, and physically and emotionally taxing. The pressures on a female surgeon to be both a “woman” and a “surgeon” are unreal.
Yet, despite the obstacles that women do face when deciding to pursue surgery, I was primarily bothered by the fact that I never even considered women to be in the equation at all. Never have I been told to pursue it. Never have I been described its rewards. There’s just too much of a stereotype that men should be surgeons.
And with all that, such is the dynamic of medicine. Medicine is constantly changing. The treatment and pay that women face in medicine is slowly but surely working towards full equality. Like I said, I don’t know what I’m going to pursue as a doctor, but I do hope that when I’m in medical school and we are all choosing our fate that I see more Meredith Grey’s and Christina Yang’s, and that I don't feel deterred to choose what passion comes my way.
Why Pence's Refusal To Dine With Other Women Has No Consequences For Women
He wants his loyalties, emotionally and physically, to be completely with his wife..
I came across an article in my news feed that caused me to seriously consider whether or not to even click on it to give it a page view.
The title was "Why The VP Refusing To Dine Alone With Women Is Consequential To Women."
My curiosity won out, and I opened the link. The article talks about how Vice President Mike Pence's refusal to dinner with women who aren't his wife has major repercussions for women's issues.
Mike Pence's decision is absolutely not a threat to anyone's womanhood. It is a boundary he has set up for his own marriage and a rule he lives by. It doesn't affect anyone but him and his wife.
Pence is a Christian, and in Christianity "do not commit adultery" is one of the 10 Commandments. In a country with religious freedom, Pence has the right to take precautions necessary to ensure that this doesn't happen.
The author thinks Pence is implying that he only sees women as "sexual beings." That is just not true. Pence is putting his marriage above anything. It is not because he thinks it will happen, he just wants to make sure there is no chance of it ever happening.
It's not that he thinks you can't put your sexuality on the backburner. While there may be 1,000,000 women he could have dinner with and it would be fine, it would only take one woman, one time, one dinner and one to many drinks to cause the downfall of his marriage.
Furthermore, he is a public figure. Even if he is having an innocent dinner with someone rumors could start and things could escalate quickly. He's removing that possibility.
Almost 40 percent of all marriages end in divorce and infidelity is a real problem. It's not unrealistic, statistically speaking, that there is a chance of this happening to his marriage. He's not willing to take that risk.
Contrary to be demeaning, Pence is showing extreme respect toward his wife and seeking to fully honor her with his actions. He is loving his wife and treating her the way she should be. What could possibly be more uplifting toward women than a man who is willing to put aside any of his own personal desires to make sure the woman he loves is well cared for and knows she is appreciated?
Pence doesn't want to have a dinner date with another woman. He's a married man who is madly in love with the woman God gave him. He wants his loyalties, emotionally and physically, to be completely with his wife.
There's a double standard here. People are so mad at President Donald Trump because of the way he talks about women and how he sexualizes them and doesn't treat his wife well. But here is Pence on the other side, loving his wife and showing extreme respect toward her and everyone's mad about that.
Finally, Pence's decision is for his life and his marriage. He can do what he wants and he can set the boundaries he wants. It is his choice to engage in his religious freedom, and it his choice to set rules for his marriage. And aren't we all about choice in this country?
From 3 To 89, Taylor Swift Has A Reputation For Referencing Ages In Her Lyrics
Are you at one of the ages mentioned in taylor swift's songs.
Before Taylor Swift's transition from a country/pop sweetheart to a crazed vengeful victim, I was a huge fan of hers. I've been listening to her music for as long as I can remember.
Over the years, as an observant T Swift fan, I've noticed her penchant for mentioning ages in her songs. Maybe she does this so she can look back on these songs and remember how old she was when she had these experiences. Or maybe she does it so her fans have another level to relate to her on. For at least my past seven birthdays, I've checked to see if Taylor Swift mentioned my new age in one of her songs.
Not only does it make me feel closer to her, but it also gives me a song to cling to for a while. By my count, Taylor Swift mentions 13 different ages in her songs.
This is the youngest age mentioned in a Taylor Swift song, which means you probably didn't listen to this song on your third birthday. This age comes from the song The Best Day off of her second album, Fearless. The song chronicles Swift's life at multiple ages and is above all a love letter to her family.
The lyrics:
"There is a video I found from back when I was three. You set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me. It's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs."
This is another age mentioned in The Best Day. It is part of the song's opening line. Unlike age three, where Swift is seeing something and not actually remembering it, this appears to be a memory from age five with her mother sometime in October.
"I'm five years old, it's getting cold. I've got my big coat on. I hear your laugh, and look up smiling at you. I run and run past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides. Look now, the sky is gold. I hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home."
This is one of five ages mentioned in Mary's Song (Oh My My My) from Swift's self-titled debut album. This song tells the story of a guy and a girl going from young friends to an old couple, from the perspective of the girl. Swift was inspired to write this song by an elderly couple that lived next door.
"She said, I was 7 and you were 9. I looked at you like the stars that shined in the sky. The pretty lights. And our daddies used to joke about the two of us, growing up and falling in love. And our mommas smiled, and rolled their eyes, and said 'Oh, my my my.'"
This is the second of five ages in Mary's Song. It is mentioned directly after age 7 since it is the age of the guy in the song, who is two years older than the girl.
"She said, I was 7 and you were 9. I looked at you like the stars that shined in the sky. The pretty lights."
This goes back to The Best Day. Swift is no longer five, and she has new problems to deal with. Thankfully, her mom is by her side, like always. I was always able to relate to this part of the song, even before and since I turned 13.
"I'm 13 now and don't know how my friends could be so mean. I come home crying, and you hold me tight, and grab the keys. And we drive and drive until we've found a town far enough away. And we talk and window shop 'til I've forgot all their names."
You don't have to look hard to find this one. In fact, it's the name of the song. This song is also on Swift's Fearless album. It's about her beginning high school. She talks about friendship, love, and dreams. She even mentions the name of her real life best friend at the time, who she is still friends with now. Since it's the name of the song, 15 is mentioned multiple times.
"'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you, you're gonna believe them. And when you're fifteen, feeling like there's nothing to figure out. Well, count to ten, take it in. This is life before you know who you're gonna be. Fifteen."
"When you're fifteen and your first kiss makes your head spin 'round. But in your life you'll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team. But I didn't know it at fifteen."
"When you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall. I've found time can heal most anything, and you just might find who you're supposed to be. I didn't who I was supposed to be at fifteen."
We return to Mary's Song for this one. After the two young kids have grown up a little, their perspective on both life and each other changes. This is a turning point in their relationship. Remember, the song is told from the girl's perspective, so she's talking about her age.
"Well, I was sixteen when, suddenly, I wasn't that little girl you used to see. But your eyes still shined like pretty lights. And our daddies used to joke about the two of us. They never believed we'd really fall in love. And our mommas smiled, and rolled their eyes, and said 'Oh, my my my.'"
We jump forward a few albums for this one. The song Starlight on Swift's Red album tells the story of young Ethel and Bobby Kennedy. She saw a picture of Ethel and Bobby as teenagers, which inspired her to write a song about it. She actually played it for Ethel, who enjoyed it.
"I met Bobby on the boardwalk, summer of '45. Picked me up late one night out the window. We were seventeen and crazy, running wild, wild. Can't remember what song it was playing when we walked in. The night we snuck into a yacht club party pretending to be a duchess and a prince."
We skip over age 18 because apparently that's been done too many times for Taylor Swift to bother with it. 19, which happens to be the age of yours truly, is mentioned in Dear John, off of Swift's third album, Speak Now. This song is allegedly about Swift's relationship with John Mayer, which fits the timeline since she was 19 when they dated. I have always loved this song but felt a deeper connection to it when I turned 19.
"Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong. Don't you think nineteen's too young to be played by your dark, twisted games when I loved you so? I should've known."
Certainly, everyone is familiar with this one. It is Swift's second song titled with an age and a popular anthem for people who are proud to be 22 and aren't afraid to dance like it. This is a song from the Red album, which came out shortly before Swift's 23 birthday.
"I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22. Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you. You don't know about me, but I'll bet you want to. Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we're 22."
This age is mentioned in a song off Swift's most recent album, Reputation. As I subtly mentioned at the beginning, I'm not a fan of Taylor Swift's new music. For the sake of being thorough, though, I scanned Reputation for ages. I found 25 mentioned in the song Dancing With Our Hands Tied.
"I, I loved you in secret. First sight, yeah, we love without reason. Oh, twenty-five years old. Oh, how were you to know?"
We jump ahead quite a bit for this one! Obviously Taylor Swift isn't 87 yet, so she's not speaking from experience. At this point, you can probably guess which song this is from. If you thought Mary's Song, you're correct! This is at the end of the song, where the young friends are finally an old couple. The future tense implies that the couple this song is based on aren't quite that old. However, they intend on staying together until they are.
"I'll be 87, you'll be 89. I'll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky. Oh my, my, my."
I could have combined 7 and 9, and 87 and 89 since they're so close together, but I wanted to make a point. If you've been paying attention to the numbers before the ages, you'll notice that this is the 13th age mentioned in a Taylor Swift song. If you're a Taylor Swift fan, you probably already know what that means. If not, let me enlighten you. 13 is Swift's lucky number. She was born on December 13 and turned 13 on Friday the 13. The number 13 is also connected to her music. Some of her songs have 13-second intros. Some of her albums have 13 songs. Some songs peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Could that fact that Taylor Swift mentions 13 different ages in her music be a coincidence? It could, but it seems unlikely. When it comes to Taylor Swift, there are hardly any coincidences. Since she has been using ages in songs since her first album, it is likely she will mention more on subsequent albums. However, she has never gone less than four years in-between albums, so this 13 reference will stick around for quite some time.
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The 22 best book quotes — and the books they come from
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- Some of the best quotes about life and love come from literature.
- We've gathered some of the best book quotes as well as the books they're from.
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Great literature has gifted us some of the most meaningful and timeless quotes about life, love, and everything in between. Writers can put words to the feelings and experiences we can't quite capture ourselves and leave us with quotes that resonate long after we've turned the page. Readers have found moving quotes in everything from gothic classics to contemporary young adult reads .
Sometimes, we're inspired by a quote that we didn't even know came from a book. I've heard "Not all those who wander are lost" countless times but never knew it was from a beloved fantasy series. To create this list, I looked at some of the most memorable and moving quotes from literature throughout time. For readers looking for a new inspirational read or wondering where some of the greatest lines originated from, here are some of the best literary quotes and the books they came from.
The 22 best book quotes of all time:
"love is or it ain't. thin love ain't love at all.".
"Beloved" by Toni Morrison, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $9.29
" Beloved " is a Pultizer Prize-winning historical fiction about Sethe, an escaped slave still running from her past 18 years later. Haunted both metaphorically by her memories and literally by the ghost of her baby, Sethe's past and present collide when a mysterious teenage girl arrives with the same name engraved upon her child's tombstone.
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $5.47
This adored classic is about four sisters — Jo, Beth, Meg, and Amy — who are struggling to survive in New England during the Civil War. First published in 1869, this novel has delighted readers for generations as they follow the sisters on each of their unique journeys to womanhood.
"Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt."
"Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $14.99
First published in 1969, " Slaughterhouse-Five " is an anti-war novel about Billy Pilgrim, who becomes a chaplain's assistant in the US. Army during World War II. While the story begins with Billy's childhood and continues years after the war, Billy occasionally travels through time to reflect upon his life, humanity, and the devastating effects of war.
"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
"The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $8.89
" The Alchemist " is a powerful and inspirational story full of wisdom about a boy named Santiago who travels to Egypt from Spain in search of a treasure buried near the Pyramids. On his adventure, Santiago encounters numerous obstacles, meets interesting new people, and discovers so much more than the treasure he once sought.
"There is always something left to love."
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez, available at Amazon and Bookshop , $14.49
This beautiful multi-generational story of the Buendía family begins with José Arcadio Buendía, the founding patriarch of the town of Macondo. Following seven generations of the family through feuds, friendships, and technological advancements, this novel uses magical realism to explore extraordinary moments through time.
"What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?"
"The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $12.98
" The Hate U Give " is a moving and timely young adult read about Starr Carter, a 16-year-old who witnesses her best friend, Khalil, get shot and killed by the police. When his death makes national headlines, everyone wants to hear what really happened, but Starr is fully aware of what telling the truth could mean as well as the consequences of staying silent.
"They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it."
"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous " by Ocean Vuong, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $9.67
This stunning and poetic novel is a letter from a son to his mother, who cannot read. Little Dog is in his 20s, exploring and speaking frankly about sexuality, masculinity, grief, and race as he unravels his family's history rooted in Vietnam, leading to an unforgettable conclusion in this powerful novel about humanity and language.
"Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for."
"Catch-22" by Joseph Heller, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $12.22
Loved as a funny and realistic view on war, " Catch-22 " is about Yossarian, a bombardier during World War II who is mad that thousands of enemies are trying to kill him while his army continues to increase the number of dangerous missions he's required to fly. Yossarian finds himself in a Catch-22, a bureaucratic rule that says men who continue to fly dangerous missions should be considered insane, yet if they make a request to be removed, they are proven sane and ineligible for relief.
"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am."
"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $15
" The Bell Jar " is a semi-autobiographical novel and a haunting classic from Sylvia Plath. The book follows Esther Greenwood, a young woman in Boston who is consumed by depression and anxiety as her mental state worsens over time.
"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly."
"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $12.99
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, " The Color Purple " is a magnificent and important novel about the abuse silently suffered by Black women in the 20th century. Celie and Nettie are sisters who were separated as children but continue to communicate and share messages of hope through letters that sustain them through seemingly insurmountable pain in this story of strength and redemption.
"Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass."
"The Round House" by Louise Erdrich, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $10.25
This 2012 National Book Award winner follows a young boy on the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota whose community and family is changed forever in the wake of a terrible crime. Richly layered, this profound mystery is about so much more than finding a criminal and seeking justice.
"When I discover who I am, I'll be free."
"Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $13.99
" Invisible Man " is a 1952 classic that shaped American literature as an unnamed man from the South who gets a scholarship to an all-Black school in Harlem but must participate in a horrifying and humiliating "battle royal" in order to claim his spot. Powerful and raw, this novel explores identity and belonging as the narrator continues to search for his individuality in a society that doesn't want him to be himself.
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $5.52
First published in 1818, " Frankenstein " is a horror classic about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who brings a monster to life and flees his laboratory in disgust, to return the next day and find that the creature is missing. In this novel that explores the dark power of alienation, Frankenstein's monster tells the devastating story to his creator of his first challenging days in the world.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $8.99
In this classic French children's book , a young prince meets a pilot whose plane has crashed in the desert, who begins to tell him his story of traveling across various planets and all he had seen and learned along the way. One of the most translated books in the world, " The Little Prince " is for readers of all ages who wish to reminisce upon the nostalgic innocence of childhood.
"Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!"
"Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $7.99
" Don Quixote " is a historical novel from the 1600s and one of the top-selling books of all time . Quixano is a young nobleman who decides to become a knight-errant after reading countless romances and falling in love with the idea of chivalry. Under the name "Don Quixote de la Mancha," Quixano brings the witty Sancho Panza along as his squire on his quest for knighthood.
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $7.36
" Wuthering Heights " is a classic, gothic novel from 1847 about two families — the Lintons and the Earnshaws — and their relationships with the Earnshaws' adopted son, Heathcliff. Full of complex characters, this classic follows Heathcliff's young friendship with his benefactor's daughter, Cathy, as it grows and morphs into a passionate and twisted romance.
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $7.35
" I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings " is Maya Angelou's first book in her multi-volume autobiography series. This installment offers a glimpse at Maya Angelou's early years as she struggles against racism when she and her brother are sent to live with their grandmother in a small Southern town. When she returns to live with her mother, a horrible attack changes Maya Angelou's life forever in this memoir about identity, race, and hope in the face of impossible circumstances.
"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum."
"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $7.99
Offred can remember enjoying life with her husband and daughter not long ago. Now, trapped in a dystopian present where women are only valued if they have viable ovaries, Offred is the Commander's handmaid, forced to lie down for him once a month and pray she gets pregnant in this devastatingly memorable read .
"As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."
"The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $6.10
Hazel's terminal cancer diagnosis has been extended by a few years when she meets a gorgeous boy named Augustus in her support group. Immediately drawn to one another, they agree to read each other's favorite books, launching a whirlwind teenage romance that's full of love and heartbreak.
"That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet."
"The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $10.98
" The Namesake " is Jhumpa Lahiri's first novel and explores the immigrant experience through the Ganguli family, whose story begins as Ashoke and Ashima uproot their traditional life in Calcutta and move to America shortly after their arranged marriage so Ashoke can attend school at MIT. When Ashima names their child Gogol, the meaning of his name continues to follow him through his life as he navigates the expectations of a first-generation immigrant.
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
"Perks of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $7.19
In this unique coming-of-age novel set in the 1990s, Charlie is a freshman in high school who is torn between passivity and a budding passion for life while also being stuck between childhood and adulthood. This book is a compilation of his letters to an unknown recipient, discussing the challenges he faces with his family, in school, and in his personal life.
"Not all those who wander are lost."
"The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkein, available at Amazon and Bookshop , from $8.27
" The Fellowship of the Ring " is the first novel in the classic fantasy "Lord of the Rings" series. In this book , the hobbit Bilbo Baggins entrusts young Frodo Baggins with an incredible and dangerous task: To take the powerful Ring to the Cracks of Doom and destroy it once and for all. Frodo sets off on an epic adventure across Middle-Earth in this beloved and revered novel.
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