๐ฌ Quotes
4,434 quotes from great books
"Iโd rather die fighting than live a life where I was just a shadow of the person I was supposed to be."
โ Spirit Boundby Richelle Mead
"I was a boy with no name. I was 'It'. Just an object. A toy to be kicked and played with."
โ A child called "it"by David J. Pelzer
"I had to learn to shut my mind off, to retreat into a world where she couldn't hurt me."
โ A child called "it"by David J. Pelzer
"I am a living testament that no matter what your background is, or what you have been through, you can succeed."
โ A child called "it"by David J. Pelzer
"I knew that if I could just hold on, if I could just survive this day, there would be a tomorrow."
โ A child called "it"by David J. Pelzer
"Mother had become a stranger, a monster who had forgotten how to love me."
โ A child called "it"by David J. Pelzer
"The more she hurt me, the more I decided I was going to survive. I wouldn't let her kill my spirit."
โ A child called "it"by David J. Pelzer
"Sometimes, the heart wants what the heart wants, and sometimes, the heart is a traitor."
โ Heartlessby Marissa Meyer
"I want to be more than a trophy to be won. I want to be the one who decides my own fate."
โ Heartlessby Marissa Meyer
"Even the most beautiful roses have thorns, and those thorns are there to protect what matters most."
โ Heartlessby Marissa Meyer
"Off with their heads! It is such a simple, clean solution to a world that is anything but."
โ Heartlessby Marissa Meyer
"People die because they lose the will to live. Or perhaps they just lose the will to be anything else."
โ I Am the Messengerby Markus Zusak
"Iโm not a messiah. Iโm just a taxi driver who happens to have a few messages."
โ I Am the Messengerby Markus Zusak
"You don't have to be anything more than your ordinary self to do something extraordinary."
โ I Am the Messengerby Markus Zusak
"Itโs not the big things that hurt the most. Itโs the suckers in the middle. The ones you never see coming."
โ I Am the Messengerby Markus Zusak
"Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to be the life of a human being."
โ No Longer Humanby Osamu Dazai