💬 Quotes

4,062 quotes from great books

"The only way to overcome fear is to face it head-on, not to flee from it."
Eragonby Christopher Paolini
"A name is the most powerful tool in the world, for to know a thing's true name is to hold dominion over it."
Eragonby Christopher Paolini
"Perhaps I am not the rider I wish to be, but I am the rider I must be."
Eragonby Christopher Paolini
"Sometimes the past isn't behind us; it's waiting in the basement, just beneath the floorboards, holding its breath."
Home Before Darkby Todd Ritter
"Memory is a fickle architect. It builds houses out of shadows and calls them home."
Home Before Darkby Todd Ritter
"The truth is a jagged piece of glass. You can hold it, but eventually, it’s going to cut you."
Home Before Darkby Todd Ritter
"We spend our lives running away from the ghosts of our parents, only to find that we’ve been wearing their masks all along."
Home Before Darkby Todd Ritter
"A house doesn't remember who lived there, but the trees do. They hold the silence, and they know exactly what was buried in the dark."
Home Before Darkby Todd Ritter
"Forgiveness isn't about letting the past go; it’s about making sure it doesn't decide your future."
Home Before Darkby Todd Ritter
"Hope isn’t a feeling. It’s a trick. A lie we tell ourselves to keep from drowning."
Only One Leftby Riley Sager
"The past doesn't stay buried, Kit. It just waits for the tide to go out."
Only One Leftby Riley Sager
"Everyone has a secret, Lenora. Some are just written in blood instead of ink."
Only One Leftby Riley Sager
"Being the only one left doesn't mean you won. It just means you were the last one standing when the music stopped."
Only One Leftby Riley Sager
"Lies are like roots. The deeper they go, the harder it is to pull them out without destroying the house."
Only One Leftby Riley Sager
"Sometimes the monster isn't under the bed. Sometimes, the monster is the one holding the flashlight."
Only One Leftby Riley Sager
"Everyone has secrets. It’s just a matter of how well they’re hidden."
Couple Next Doorby Shari Lapeña
"You never really know what goes on behind closed doors, do you?"
Couple Next Doorby Shari Lapeña
"We were only gone for half an hour. How could someone have taken her?"
Couple Next Doorby Shari Lapeña
"A mother’s worst nightmare isn’t that her child is dead; it’s that she is out there, somewhere, in the hands of someone who doesn't love her."
Couple Next Doorby Shari Lapeña
"He’s not the man I thought he was. Or maybe he is, and I’m the one who didn't want to see it."
Couple Next Doorby Shari Lapeña