💬 Quotes

4,062 quotes from great books

"I think the reason we stay in places is because of the people, not the geography."
Where she wentby Gayle Forman
"You can’t force someone to remember who they were, even if that person was once the most important part of your life."
Where she wentby Gayle Forman
"I’m not angry at you for leaving. I’m angry at myself for not finding a way to go with you."
Where she wentby Gayle Forman
"If you want to move forward, you have to stop looking over your shoulder at the wreckage."
Where she wentby Gayle Forman
"Thou shalt kill."
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe)by Neal Shusterman
"Hope is a powerful thing. Some say it’s a flame, others a light. I say it’s a reminder that there is something to look forward to."
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe)by Neal Shusterman
"It is the grim reaper’s duty to keep the population size under control, but it is the Scythe’s duty to keep the humanity in the harvest."
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe)by Neal Shusterman
"To kill is a terrible, terrible thing. And yet, if we don't, the world will eventually tear itself apart."
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe)by Neal Shusterman
"My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another."
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe)by Neal Shusterman
"A Scythe who does not care is a Scythe who should not be."
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe)by Neal Shusterman
"Sometimes you have to break open to let the light in."
Archer's Voiceby Mia Sheridan
"I didn't want to be saved. I wanted to be understood."
Archer's Voiceby Mia Sheridan
"The silence between us wasn't empty; it was full of all the things we were finally learning how to say."
Archer's Voiceby Mia Sheridan
"When you’ve lived in the shadows for so long, the sun doesn't just warm you. It burns. And sometimes, you have to learn to tolerate the heat to reach the light."
Archer's Voiceby Mia Sheridan
"You are my voice, Bree. Even when I’m silent, you are the words I’ve been waiting to speak my whole life."
Archer's Voiceby Mia Sheridan
"Love isn’t about fixing someone. It’s about being there while they fix themselves, and holding their hand through the parts that hurt the most."
Archer's Voiceby Mia Sheridan
"Avery Grambs is a riddle. And I am a man who has spent his entire life solving riddles."
The Hawthorne Legacyby Jennifer Lynn Barnes
"In this house, everything is a game. The question isn't whether you're playing, but whether you realize you're being played."
The Hawthorne Legacyby Jennifer Lynn Barnes
"Sometimes you have to break the pieces to see how they fit back together. That’s how you find the truth."
The Hawthorne Legacyby Jennifer Lynn Barnes
"You don't get to choose who you are, Avery. You only get to choose what you do with it."
The Hawthorne Legacyby Jennifer Lynn Barnes