Best Quotes from Books

It is often the quietest words that carry the most meaning. – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book. – John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

We are all fools in love. – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable? – John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

Not all those who wander are lost. – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

To the stars who listen and the dreams that are answered. – Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. – Roald Dahl, The Twits

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. – Gloria Steinem, Revolution from Within

I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Time is money, and unfortunately, you can’t borrow time from a bank. – Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

Best Quotes from Books part 2

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. – William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. – Christian Tzoumaka, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. – Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. – C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. – Albert Einstein, The World as I See It

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all. – John Green, Paper Towns

Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. – Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. – Agatha Christie, An Autobiography

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. – Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive. – John Green, Looking for Alaska

The story so far: in the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. – Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

If a book is well written, I always find it too short. – Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. – Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. – Mark Twain, Mark Twain’s Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. – William Shakespeare, As You Like It

Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. – Franz Kafka, Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Sometimes you have to be run through the fire to come out the other side stronger and brighter. – Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

It is not our abilities that show what we truly are, it is our choices. – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college. – Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

The only way to deal with this life I think is to find some sort of artistic pleasure to keep you going and then if you can sustain that you probably pulled off a pretty good trick. – James Salter, A Sport and a Pastime

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken. – John Green, Looking for Alaska

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. – Earl Nightingale