💬 Quotes

8,730 quotes from great books

"You will be surprised to know how much a man can suffer before his heart actually breaks."
The Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre Dumas
"Moral wounds have this peculiarity—they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart."
The Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre Dumas
"To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the other."
The Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre Dumas
"Manuscripts don't burn."
Master and Margaritaby Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков
"Cowardice is the most terrible of vices."
Master and Margaritaby Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков
"Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that."
Master and Margaritaby Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков
"Never ask for anything! Never and especially from those who are stronger than you. They will offer everything themselves and give everything themselves."
Master and Margaritaby Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков
"People are people... They love money, but that has always been so... they are thoughtless... but they are human."
Master and Margaritaby Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков
"He who loves must share the fate of the one he loves."
Master and Margaritaby Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков
"Everyone lies. The only difference is what they are lying about."
Never Lieby Freida McFadden
"I’ve learned that the people who seem the most perfect are often the ones hiding the darkest secrets."
Never Lieby Freida McFadden
"Trust is a fragile thing. Once you break it, you can never truly put the pieces back together the way they were."
Never Lieby Freida McFadden
"You can learn a lot about a person by looking at the things they choose to keep hidden in the dark."
Never Lieby Freida McFadden
"The truth doesn't always set you free. Sometimes, it just ruins everything."
Never Lieby Freida McFadden
"In a house full of secrets, the biggest danger isn't the ghost stories—it's the living people."
Never Lieby Freida McFadden
"Everyone has a dark side. Everyone has a secret they are hiding from the world."
None of This Is Trueby Lisa Jewell
"The truth is a shape-shifter. It changes depending on who is telling the story and who is listening."
None of This Is Trueby Lisa Jewell
"You think you know a person because you know their name, their job, their face. But you don't know the things that keep them awake at night."
None of This Is Trueby Lisa Jewell
"I’m not a bad person, Alix. I’m just a person who has had to do bad things to survive."
None of This Is Trueby Lisa Jewell
"There is a power in being underestimated. People look right through you, and that’s when you can see everything they’re trying to hide."
None of This Is Trueby Lisa Jewell