💬 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
"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