๐ฌ Quotes
4,062 quotes from great books
"Trust is a fragile commodity, especially when the person youโre trusting has as many scars as you do."
โ Angels Fallby Nora Roberts
"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?"
โ The Silmarillion (Volume I)by J.R.R. Tolkien
"But the shadow grew and spread; and the light of the Valar was dimmed, and the world was darkened."
โ The Silmarillion (Volume I)by J.R.R. Tolkien
"Faithless thou art, and cruel, and kin-slayers; yet I will not slay thee, for that were to serve Melkor's will."
โ The Silmarillion (Volume I)by J.R.R. Tolkien
"For they were fated to be ever restless, and their hearts were ever turned towards the sea, for the love of the West."
โ The Silmarillion (Volume I)by J.R.R. Tolkien
"You can't hide what's in your heart, Paul. Not from the people who need to see it, and certainly not from God."
โ The Green Mileby Stephen King
"Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bull-fighters."
โ The Sun Also Risesby Ernest Hemingway
"I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it."
โ The Sun Also Risesby Ernest Hemingway
"You are an exile, Brett. You belong among your own kind. You have the wrong attitude."
โ The Sun Also Risesby Ernest Hemingway
"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills."
โ The Sun Also Risesby Ernest Hemingway
"Youโre an expatriate. Youโve lost touch with the soil. You get precious. Fake European standards have ruined you. You drink yourself to death. You become obsessed with sex. You spend all your time talking, not working. You are an expatriate, see?"
โ The Sun Also Risesby Ernest Hemingway
"Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word."
โ A Storm of Swordsby George R. R. Martin
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."
โ A Storm of Swordsby George R. R. Martin
"The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that."
โ A Storm of Swordsby George R. R. Martin
"I am not a man who forgets. That is my strength, and that is my curse."
โ A Storm of Swordsby George R. R. Martin
"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."
โ A Storm of Swordsby George R. R. Martin
"Power resides where men believe it resides. Itโs a trick. A shadow on the wall."
โ A Storm of Swordsby George R. R. Martin
"Real isn't how you are made. It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
โ The Velveteen Rabbitby Margery Williams Bianco