💬 Quotes

4,434 quotes from great books

"It’s easy to find reasons to be afraid when you’re a freak, but it’s a lot harder to find reasons to be brave."
— Cinderby Marissa Meyer
"I don't want to be a weapon. I just want to be me."
— Cinderby Marissa Meyer
"Everything is connected. Everything has its own nature, its own truth."
— His Dark Materials: Northern Lightsby Philip Pullman
"The transition from childhood to adulthood is often marked by the loss of innocence and the beginning of knowledge."
— His Dark Materials: Northern Lightsby Philip Pullman
"Being a daemon means being a part of oneself that is always visible, always there, a constant companion."
— His Dark Materials: Northern Lightsby Philip Pullman
"Lying is a skill, and like any other, it must be practiced until it becomes a form of art."
— His Dark Materials: Northern Lightsby Philip Pullman
"The soul is not something you have, it is something you are, and it is revealed in the shape you take."
— His Dark Materials: Northern Lightsby Philip Pullman
"To be free is to be responsible for one's own destiny, even when the truth is terrifying."
— His Dark Materials: Northern Lightsby Philip Pullman
"Nous commençons par convoiter ce que nous voyons chaque jour. C'est là que réside votre problÚme, Clarice. Vous ne savez pas regarder."
— Le silence des agneauxby Thomas Harris
"Le monde est devenu beaucoup plus calme pour les agneaux, n'est-ce pas ? Et vous, Clarice, entendez-vous toujours leurs cris ?"
— Le silence des agneauxby Thomas Harris
"Ne vous amusez jamais Ă  imaginer que vous ĂȘtes comme lui. Vous ĂȘtes de ce cĂŽtĂ©-ci de la vitre, Clarice, et c'est tout ce qui compte."
— Le silence des agneauxby Thomas Harris
"La laideur est une sorte de sous-produit. Le vrai mal est bien plus ordonné, bien plus structuré dans sa déviance."
— Le silence des agneauxby Thomas Harris
"All the stories are true."
— City of Bonesby Cassandra Clare
"A loucura Ă© a incapacidade de comunicar as suas ideias. É como se vocĂȘ estivesse num paĂ­s estrangeiro, vendo tudo, entendendo tudo o que acontece ao seu redor, mas incapaz de explicar o que precisa e de ser ajudado."
— Veronika Decide Morrerby Paulo Coelho
"Todo mundo deveria ser diferente. O mundo é um jardim onde todas as flores devem ser distintas, senão ele não é um jardim, é uma plantação de milho."
— Veronika Decide Morrerby Paulo Coelho
"Eu quero continuar a ser louca, vivendo a minha vida como eu sonho, e nĂŁo como os outros querem que ela seja."
— Veronika Decide Morrerby Paulo Coelho
"Se vocĂȘ quer alcançar a sabedoria, deve aceitar que tudo pode ser compreendido, mas que nem tudo pode ser explicado."
— Veronika Decide Morrerby Paulo Coelho
"Talvez a loucura seja apenas uma forma de viver a vida que nĂŁo segue as regras que os 'normais' impuseram ao mundo."
— Veronika Decide Morrerby Paulo Coelho
"A morte Ă© o Ășnico destino de todos os seres humanos, mas a maneira como vivemos antes dela Ă© o que nos torna Ășnicos."
— Veronika Decide Morrerby Paulo Coelho
"One of the hallmarks of the New York intellectual is his ability to ignore the obvious if it conflicts with his ideology."
— The Bonfire of the Vanitiesby Tom Wolfe