💬 Quotes
4,434 quotes from great books
"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."
— The power of mythby Joseph Campbell
"Omnia mutantur, nihil interit: errat et illinc huc venit, hinc illuc, et quoslibet occupat artus."
"Medio tutissimus ibis."
"Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor."
"Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas."
"Tempus edax rerum, tuque, invidiosa vetustas, omnia destruitis."
"Non bene conveniunt nec in una sede morantur maiestas et amor."
"Det är en sak att bli behandlad som en idiot, en helt annan sak att bli behandlad som en som inte existerar."
— Luftslottet som sprengtesby Stieg Larsson
"Sanningen är inte en sak som existerar i ett vakuum. Sanningen är vad man kan bevisa."
— Luftslottet som sprengtesby Stieg Larsson
"Man kan inte ändra på det förflutna, men man kan göra upp med det så att det slutar påverka framtiden."
— Luftslottet som sprengtesby Stieg Larsson
"Systemet var en orm som åt sin egen stjärt, en självförsörjande apparat av korruption och tystnad."
— Luftslottet som sprengtesby Stieg Larsson
"A mountain is a mountain, but it is also a wall, a barrier, a home, a prison, and a god."
— Princess Academyby Shannon Hale
"Education is not just about reading and writing; it is about learning how to be the person you were meant to be."
— Princess Academyby Shannon Hale
"We are like the linder stone. We start rough and unrefined, but with enough pressure and focus, we can become something brilliant."
— Princess Academyby Shannon Hale
"It is not the crown that makes the queen, but the way she carries the weight of those who depend on her."
— Princess Academyby Shannon Hale
"To be heard, you do not always need to shout; sometimes you only need to speak the truth with a steady heart."
— Princess Academyby Shannon Hale
"You can leave the mountain, but you carry the mountain within you wherever you go."
— Princess Academyby Shannon Hale
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,"
— Howl and other poemsby Allen Ginsberg