๐ฌ Quotes
4,434 quotes from great books
"There is no evil in them, only the desperate, consuming need to survive, just as I have."
โ I Am Legendby Richard Matheson
"The commonest fallacy among the wise is to assume that the masses are stupid."
โ Under the domeby Stephen King
"When the pressure is on, people see what they want to see, and they see what they fear."
โ Under the domeby Stephen King
"We are like ants under a magnifying glass, and the god who is holding the glass is having a very bad day."
โ Under the domeby Stephen King
"You can't trust anyone who has the power to change the rules of the game while they're playing it."
โ Under the domeby Stephen King
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that when people feel trapped, they will turn on each other long before they turn on the barrier."
โ Under the domeby Stephen King
"The dome didn't change us; it just took away the distractions that allowed us to pretend we were better than we are."
โ Under the domeby Stephen King
"We are tied down to a run of events, but we are not tied down to their meaning."
โ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Acting Edition)by Tom Stoppard
"A man breaking his journey between places of no importance, and now he is trapped on a stage where he does not know his lines."
โ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Acting Edition)by Tom Stoppard
"Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on merit. You can only not-be by default."
โ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Acting Edition)by Tom Stoppard
"We have been spinning coins for hours and they have come up heads every time. That is not a sequence, it is an interruption of natural order."
โ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Acting Edition)by Tom Stoppard
"If we are destined to die, let us at least die with some dignity, or failing that, some finality."
โ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Acting Edition)by Tom Stoppard
"Wheels have been set in motion, and they have their own momentum, to which we have to adapt."
โ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Acting Edition)by Tom Stoppard
"The past is a scrapbook, not a narrative; it is a collection of fragments that refuse to be stitched together."
โ The Blind Assassinby Margaret Atwood
"Every secret has a shelf life, and yours is about to expire."
โ The Girl Who Was Takenby Charlie Donlea
"The past isn't a place you visit; itโs a place that follows you home, moves into your spare room, and starts rearranging your furniture."
โ The Girl Who Was Takenby Charlie Donlea
"In this town, people donโt disappear; they just become things that people stop looking for."
โ The Girl Who Was Takenby Charlie Donlea
"Memory is a fickle narrator, prone to editing out the parts that hurt the most to remember."
โ The Girl Who Was Takenby Charlie Donlea
"Fear is a quiet roommate. It doesn't scream; it just sits in the corner of your mind and waits for you to turn off the lights."
โ The Girl Who Was Takenby Charlie Donlea