๐Ÿ’ฌ Quotes

4,434 quotes from great books

"In this city of gilded cages and suffocating expectations, to be small was a safety, but to be remarkable was a death sentence."
โ€” The Familiarby Leigh Bardugo
"We are all merely actors playing parts written by men who never bothered to learn our names."
โ€” The Familiarby Leigh Bardugo
"You do not find your purpose. You survive long enough for it to find you, and pray that you are strong enough to endure the weight of it."
โ€” The Familiarby Leigh Bardugo
"I am a pawn in a game I don't understand, and the only way to win is to change the board."
โ€” Prodigyby Marie Lu
"The truth is a terrifying thing, but itโ€™s the only thing that can set us free."
โ€” Prodigyby Marie Lu
"We are two sides of the same coin, June. You were made to serve the Republic, and I was made to burn it down."
โ€” Prodigyby Marie Lu
"Iโ€™ve learned that sometimes, the hardest choice is the one that forces you to let go of the person you were yesterday."
โ€” Prodigyby Marie Lu
"Hope is a dangerous thing in a place like this, but itโ€™s the only thing that keeps the shadows from swallowing you whole."
โ€” Prodigyby Marie Lu
"Maybe we aren't meant to save the world. Maybe we're just meant to survive it long enough to give someone else a chance."
โ€” Prodigyby Marie Lu
"Hi."
โ€” Heartstopper: Volume 1by Alice Oseman
"Every action has a consequence. Some are small, barely noticeable ripples in the pond of life, while others are tidal waves that threaten to drown everything in their path."
โ€” Consequencesby Aleatha Romig
"I am not a victim, Claire. I am a consequence."
โ€” Consequencesby Aleatha Romig
"Control is an illusion we all cling to, yet it is the first thing to shatter when the truth comes to light."
โ€” Consequencesby Aleatha Romig
"You think you know who you are, but you only know who you've been allowed to be."
โ€” Consequencesby Aleatha Romig
"The lines between love and possession were blurring, and I was terrified that I might be the one drawing them."
โ€” Consequencesby Aleatha Romig
"Nothing is ever truly free. There is always a price, and sometimes, the currency is your soul."
โ€” Consequencesby Aleatha Romig
"First of all, you don't know the difference between a real cry and a fake cry. Real cries, when they happen, you don't hear them. Real pain is a quiet thing."
โ€” Something Wicked This Way Comesby Ray Bradbury
"Some people have moonlight in their blood. Some people have sunlight in their blood. Iโ€™m a moonlight man."
โ€” Something Wicked This Way Comesby Ray Bradbury
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
โ€” Something Wicked This Way Comesby Ray Bradbury
"The funeral march of the carnival... was the song of the spider, the song of the fly, the song of the moth, the song of the moth-eaten soul."
โ€” Something Wicked This Way Comesby Ray Bradbury