💬 Quotes

8,736 quotes from great books

"We lead our lives like water flowing down from the hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course."
Memoirs of a geishaby Arthur Golden
"Gion is a world built on illusion. And yet, the only way to survive in it is to become a master of that illusion."
Memoirs of a geishaby Arthur Golden
"Tous pour un, un pour tous."
Les Trois Mousquetairesby Alexandre Dumas
"The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none left. No hopes. Nothing remains."
Memoirs of a geishaby Arthur Golden
"A geisha cannot know love; love is against our tradition. We are selling our skills, not ourselves. We create another secret world."
Memoirs of a geishaby Arthur Golden
"Perhaps my life has been much happier than I knew. Even in lives of great suffering, there are moments of beauty."
Memoirs of a geishaby Arthur Golden
"Every person in this world has a different way of carrying their sorrows; some hide them in their eyes, while others conceal them in their smiles."
Memoirs of a geishaby Arthur Golden
"Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us."
Lord of the Fliesby William Golding
"The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away."
Lord of the Fliesby William Golding
"Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood."
Lord of the Fliesby William Golding
"What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?"
Lord of the Fliesby William Golding
"There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast."
Lord of the Fliesby William Golding
"Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."
Lord of the Fliesby William Golding
"¿Qué hay en un nombre? Lo que llamamos rosa, con cualquier otro nombre exhalaría un perfume tan dulce."
Romeo y Julietaby William Shakespeare
"¡Partir es un dolor tan dulce que diré adiós hasta que sea mañana!"
Romeo y Julietaby William Shakespeare
"Estos placeres violentos tienen finales violentos."
Romeo y Julietaby William Shakespeare
"¡Una plaga sobre ambas casas!"
Romeo y Julietaby William Shakespeare
"¡Oh, Romeo, Romeo! ¿Por qué eres Romeo? Niega a tu padre y rechaza tu nombre."
Romeo y Julietaby William Shakespeare
"Nunca hubo una historia más triste que esta de Julieta y su Romeo."
Romeo y Julietaby William Shakespeare
"Community, Identity, Stability."
Brave New Worldby Aldous Huxley