💬 Quotes

8,724 quotes from great books

"The only way to keep well is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not."
— THE BOOK OF MERLYN (prologue By Sylvia Townsend Warner )by T. H. White
"War is a biological necessity... it is a way of getting rid of the surplus population, and it is a way of showing the strong that they are strong."
— THE BOOK OF MERLYN (prologue By Sylvia Townsend Warner )by T. H. White
"I am choosing. I am making a choice. I am the one who is doing it."
— Matchedby Ally Condie
"Love is not a weakness. It’s the one thing that gives us the strength to keep going when everything else is falling apart."
— Shadow Kissby Richelle Mead
"You can’t just run away from the things that haunt you, Rose. Eventually, they’ll catch up, and when they do, you’ll have to be ready to face them."
— Shadow Kissby Richelle Mead
"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor."
— The Hunger Games 10th Anniversary Boxsetby Suzanne Collins
"You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope."
— The Hunger Games 10th Anniversary Boxsetby Suzanne Collins
"Wanting is not enough. You must prepare."
— The Hunger Games 10th Anniversary Boxsetby Suzanne Collins
"It’s a fragile thing, this hope. I think it’s the only thing stronger than fear."
— The Hunger Games 10th Anniversary Boxsetby Suzanne Collins
"Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to… to show the Capitol that they don’t own me. That I’m more than just a piece in their Games."
— The Hunger Games 10th Anniversary Boxsetby Suzanne Collins
"Fear does not work as long as you keep your wits about you."
— The Hunger Games 10th Anniversary Boxsetby Suzanne Collins
"There is no such thing as a nation. There is only the human race, which is one, and which is being constantly divided by these imaginary lines on a map."
— THE BOOK OF MERLYN (prologue By Sylvia Townsend Warner )by T. H. White
"It is the tragedy of man that he is always a child, and yet he is always being forced to grow up before he is ready."
— THE BOOK OF MERLYN (prologue By Sylvia Townsend Warner )by T. H. White
"Might is not Right. Might is just Might, and it is the business of the civilized man to see that it is not used to crush the weak."
— THE BOOK OF MERLYN (prologue By Sylvia Townsend Warner )by T. H. White
"I will tell you what I did with the world. I tried to civilize it. I tried to build a kingdom where justice was the law, and where the law was for all."
— THE BOOK OF MERLYN (prologue By Sylvia Townsend Warner )by T. H. White
"Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time."
— Legendby Marie Lu
"I’m a soldier. I’m a prodigy. I’m a legend. I’m everything the Republic wants me to be."
— Legendby Marie Lu
"It’s funny how you can live your life thinking you’re on the right path, only to find out you’ve been walking in the wrong direction the whole time."
— Legendby Marie Lu
"You are worth more than your country. You are worth more than your government. You are worth more than any medal they could ever pin on your chest."
— Legendby Marie Lu
"The Republic is a great machine, and a machine is only as good as the people who run it. If it’s broken, you don’t throw it away—you fix it."
— Legendby Marie Lu