💬 Quotes

8,724 quotes from great books

"The sea is a law unto itself. It doesn't care about your plans, your reputation, or your secrets."
— Woman in Cabin 10by Ruth Ware
"It’s amazing how easy it is to believe a lie when the truth is too terrifying to contemplate."
— Woman in Cabin 10by Ruth Ware
"I’m not crazy. I’m just observant. And being observant in this world is often treated as a mental illness."
— Woman in Cabin 10by Ruth Ware
"Every woman knows that particular feeling of being watched, that prickle on the back of your neck that says you aren't alone."
— Woman in Cabin 10by Ruth Ware
"You can lock your door, you can pull the curtains tight, but you are still just a body in a metal box floating on an abyss."
— Woman in Cabin 10by Ruth Ware
"The truth isn’t always a clean, bright thing. Sometimes it’s buried under layers of privilege, money, and polished surfaces."
— Woman in Cabin 10by Ruth Ware
"A crime scene is a map. It's a snapshot of the killer's mind, a narrative waiting to be decoded by someone who knows how to read the physical evidence."
— Bone Collectorby Jeffery Deaver
"The past is a ghost that won't stop haunting us, but in this room, the past is nothing more than data. Data doesn't lie, it doesn't judge, and it doesn't leave."
— Bone Collectorby Jeffery Deaver
"Look at the evidence, not the person. If you look at the person, you see what you expect to see. If you look at the evidence, you see the truth."
— Bone Collectorby Jeffery Deaver
"You can't change the world, but you can change the outcome of a single event. And sometimes, that's enough."
— Bone Collectorby Jeffery Deaver
"It’s not about finding the killer. It’s about outthinking them. It’s a chess game played in the dark, and I’m the only one who can see the board."
— Bone Collectorby Jeffery Deaver
"The smallest detail is often the loudest. People think they can hide their tracks, but they always leave a piece of themselves behind."
— Bone Collectorby Jeffery Deaver
"Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does."
— Six of Crowsby Leigh Bardugo
"No mourners, no funerals."
— Six of Crowsby Leigh Bardugo
"The secret to business is knowing what you're buying. The secret to war is knowing when to lose."
— Six of Crowsby Leigh Bardugo
"When you can't beat the odds, change the game."
— Six of Crowsby Leigh Bardugo
"I’m a businessman. I’m only interested in profits. And what is a reputation if not a form of currency?"
— Six of Crowsby Leigh Bardugo
"Whatever happens, we face it together. And if we fall, we fall together."
— Six of Crowsby Leigh Bardugo
"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it."
— Shadow of the Windby Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."
— Shadow of the Windby Carlos Ruiz Zafón