๐Ÿ’ฌ Quotes

8,724 quotes from great books

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
โ€” The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classicsby C. S. Lewis
"Evil doesn't die. It just waits."
โ€” City of Fallen Angelsby Cassandra Clare
"The problem with being a hero is that you have to be one every single day."
โ€” City of Fallen Angelsby Cassandra Clare
"Iโ€™d rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not."
โ€” City of Fallen Angelsby Cassandra Clare
"You are a part of me, a part of my soul. You are the first thing I think of when I wake up and the last thing I think of before I go to sleep."
โ€” City of Fallen Angelsby Cassandra Clare
"There is no pretending. I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is a life after that, I'll love you then."
โ€” City of Fallen Angelsby Cassandra Clare
"We are what we do, not what we were born to be."
โ€” City of Fallen Angelsby Cassandra Clare
"I was given the gift of obedience before I was even out of my cradle. It was a curse, really, though my mother called it a gift."
โ€” Ella Enchantedby Gail Carson Levine
"If I can't be myself, then I will be the best version of someone else until I find a way to be me again."
โ€” Ella Enchantedby Gail Carson Levine
"Obedience is a quality, but it is not a virtue when it is forced."
โ€” Ella Enchantedby Gail Carson Levine
"Iโ€™m not a princess, and I donโ€™t think I want to be one. I want to be Ella."
โ€” Ella Enchantedby Gail Carson Levine
"For a long time I thought that to be brave meant not being afraid. But you taught me that bravery is being afraid and doing it anyway."
โ€” Ella Enchantedby Gail Carson Levine
"You must learn to command yourself, for if you do not, you will always be a servant to the commands of others."
โ€” Ella Enchantedby Gail Carson Levine
"I want to tear it all down. I want to build something new, something that doesn't rely on the blood of people like me."
โ€” The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Baru Cormorant #1)by Seth Dickinson
"The Empire isn't a government. It's a disease. It's a way of turning people into numbers so they can be traded."
โ€” The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Baru Cormorant #1)by Seth Dickinson
"You will serve the Empire, Baru. You will serve it because it is the only way to save your people, and you will hate yourself for it every single day."
โ€” The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Baru Cormorant #1)by Seth Dickinson
"A mask is not a deception. A mask is a promise of who you intend to be."
โ€” The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Baru Cormorant #1)by Seth Dickinson
"Mathematics is the language of the Empire. If you want to beat them, you have to learn to count the cost of everything."
โ€” The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Baru Cormorant #1)by Seth Dickinson
"Hardship is a currency, and you have spent a fortune of it today."
โ€” The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Baru Cormorant #1)by Seth Dickinson
"True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning."
โ€” Message in a bottleby Nicholas Sparks