💬 Quotes
4,434 quotes from great books
"You can change the world. You can change your life. You can even change the stars, if you really want to."
— Stardustby Neil Gaiman
"Walls are not there to keep things out, but to see who has the courage to climb them."
— Stardustby Neil Gaiman
"It is a lie that stars are small, bright things. They are huge, and they are old, and they are infinitely lonely."
— Stardustby Neil Gaiman
"There are no such things as small adventures, only small-minded people who fail to see the wonder in them."
— Stardustby Neil Gaiman
"You're a very confusing person, Sookie. You're a woman who has everything to offer, and you're offering it to someone who has nothing to give."
— Dead Until Darkby Charlaine Harris
"I had been told I was 'different' all my life, but I’d always assumed it was because I was a little too plain or a little too smart."
— Dead Until Darkby Charlaine Harris
"It’s hard to be a vampire. You have to be so careful about your image."
— Dead Until Darkby Charlaine Harris
"I don't think I can stand the silence. I don't think I can stand the noise."
— Dead Until Darkby Charlaine Harris
"If you are going to be a hero, you have to be willing to bleed a little."
— Dead Until Darkby Charlaine Harris
"The difference between a cure and a corpse is often nothing more than a fraction of a milligram and a steady hand."
"They call it murder, but nature calls it chemistry. I simply accelerate what time would eventually demand of us all."
"Never trust a patron who offers gold before they have tasted the vintage; the greedy are always the first to choke on their own ambition."
"To know the poison is to know the man. One man’s death is a tragedy, another’s is a necessary titration of the social order."
"There is a quiet intimacy in being the last person to watch the color fade from someone’s eyes—a secret kept between the toxin and the soul."
"I do not seek to be remembered by history; I seek only to ensure that those who are remembered die exactly when I decide they should."
"My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call."
— The Prince of Tidesby Pat Conroy
"In families, there are no crimes beyond our capacity to forgive. I forget nothing. I forgive nothing. It is a family tradition."
— The Prince of Tidesby Pat Conroy