💬 Quotes

8,736 quotes from great books

"Ich bin ein Gefangener, nicht nur dieses Schlosses, sondern der dunklen Geschichte, die in seinen Mauern begraben liegt."
Dracula: Bram Stokers Berühmteste Aller Vampirgeschichten Im Original (Deutsche Ausgabe)by Richard Steinheimer (Lektorat)
"Die Stärke des Vampirs liegt darin, dass niemand an seine Existenz glaubt, während er sich im Schatten unserer eigenen Vernunft verbirgt."
Dracula: Bram Stokers Berühmteste Aller Vampirgeschichten Im Original (Deutsche Ausgabe)by Richard Steinheimer (Lektorat)
"Man darf nicht vergessen, dass wir gegen einen Feind kämpfen, der keine Seele besitzt, um sie zu retten, sondern nur einen Hunger, der niemals gestillt werden kann."
Dracula: Bram Stokers Berühmteste Aller Vampirgeschichten Im Original (Deutsche Ausgabe)by Richard Steinheimer (Lektorat)
"You is kind. You is smart. You is important."
Helpby Kathryn Stockett
"I always thought insanity would be a dark, gloomy thing, but it’s not. It’s a bright, shining thing, and it makes you feel like you can do anything."
Helpby Kathryn Stockett
"Ugly live up on the inside. Ugly be a hurtful lonesome person."
Helpby Kathryn Stockett
"Every day you wait is another day that you're just like them."
Helpby Kathryn Stockett
"All you do is lock your heart away and look out at the world through a crack in the door."
Helpby Kathryn Stockett
"Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else."
Helpby Kathryn Stockett
"I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why."
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeckby John Steinbeck
"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place."
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeckby John Steinbeck
"I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads... Every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ‘em gets it."
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeckby John Steinbeck
"A guy sets alone out here at night, maybe readin' books or thinkin' or stuff like that. Sometimes he gets thinkin' an' got me mad. A guy got to sometimes."
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeckby John Steinbeck
"You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me."
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeckby John Steinbeck
"I tell you, I could of went with shows. Not jus' one, neither. An' a guy tol' me he could of put me in pitchers..."
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeckby John Steinbeck
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott
"I've got a great many faults. I'm full of temper and I'm very ambitious, and I'm proud, and I've got a sharp tongue that often makes me regret what I say."
Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott
"Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for."
Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott
"There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping."
Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott
"I could never love anyone as I love my sisters."
Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott