๐ฌ Quotes
4,434 quotes from great books
"The truth is a very precious thing. It is something we spend our entire lives trying to uncover, but it is also something we spend our entire lives trying to hide."
โ The Prince of Tidesby Pat Conroy
"I think of how we have been shaped by our past, how we are defined by the people who raised us, and how we are imprisoned by the myths we create about our own lives."
โ The Prince of Tidesby Pat Conroy
"We are the sum of our memories. We vary according to what we have done, what we have suffered, and what we have been taught."
โ The Prince of Tidesby Pat Conroy
"I came to realize that the past is a ghost that haunts us, but it is also a teacher that guides us if we are willing to listen."
โ The Prince of Tidesby Pat Conroy
"One day I will have to tell you everything. But not now. I cannot bear it yet."
โ Sophie's Choiceby Patrick Badonnel
"The price of survival was the surrender of my soul, and I have been paying it in installments ever since."
โ Sophie's Choiceby Patrick Badonnel
"I think that to understand what happened there, one must first understand what it is to lose everything one loves."
โ Sophie's Choiceby Patrick Badonnel
"Pain is never just pain; it is a memory that refuses to be forgotten."
โ Sophie's Choiceby Patrick Badonnel
"Fate is a blind force, but it chooses its victims with a terrifying precision."
โ Sophie's Choiceby Patrick Badonnel
"In the end, there was no choice at all, only the crushing weight of having been forced to make one."
โ Sophie's Choiceby Patrick Badonnel
"That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought about by none other than ourselves."
โ The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"A race car driver must see the track as a whole. You cannot focus on the turn alone, but must perceive the road ahead and the possibilities beyond."
โ The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve would, in the last moments of her journey."
โ The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"The body is a cage. It is a vessel. But the soul, the essence of who we are, is tethered to the world only by the stories we tell."
โ The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose."
โ The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
โ V for vendettaby Alan Moore
"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof."
โ V for vendettaby Alan Moore
"Artists use lies to tell the truth. While politicians use them to cover the truth up."
โ V for vendettaby Alan Moore