💬 Quotes

5,028 quotes from great books

"You can go a long way with a sharp blade, but you can go a lot further with a sharp tongue."
Half a Kingby Joe Abercrombie
"A man is only as good as the oaths he keeps when the situation turns sour."
Half a Kingby Joe Abercrombie
"It is not the strong who rule the world, but the clever, who use the strong to do their bidding."
Half a Kingby Joe Abercrombie
"Fate is a river that carries you where it will, but a good oarsman can still steer the boat."
Half a Kingby Joe Abercrombie
"I’m not looking for a prince. I’m looking for a partner who sees me as I am and loves me for it."
The Oneby Kiera Cass
"The hardest part of being a queen isn't the power; it’s the constant choice between your heart and your duty."
The Oneby Kiera Cass
"You can’t change the past, and you can’t predict the future. All you can do is hold on to the person standing right in front of you."
The Oneby Kiera Cass
"It’s a strange thing, to realize that the life you were born into isn't the one you were meant to live."
The Oneby Kiera Cass
"If you want someone’s heart, you have to be willing to give them yours completely, without any walls left standing."
The Oneby Kiera Cass
"It’s amazing how one day you can be completely fine, and the next day your life can be turned upside down. It’s even more amazing how you can’t see it coming."
Crescendoby Becca Fitzpatrick
"I didn't want to fall for you. I didn't want to need you. But I do, and that scares me more than anything else."
Crescendoby Becca Fitzpatrick
"Trust is a fragile thing. Once you break it, it’s never quite the same again, no matter how hard you try to fix it."
Crescendoby Becca Fitzpatrick
"Secrets have a way of poisoning the people who keep them, and the people who are kept in the dark."
Crescendoby Becca Fitzpatrick
"You can't change the past, Nora. You can only learn from it, or let it destroy you."
Crescendoby Becca Fitzpatrick
"I’d rather die knowing the truth than live a lie that feels like safety."
Crescendoby Becca Fitzpatrick
"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."
Northanger Abbeyby Jane Austen
"I’m like Catherine the Great. I only sleep with people who are going to be king."
Breakfast At Tiffany'S Journalby Truman Capote
"It’s useful, being top banana in the shock department."
Breakfast At Tiffany'S Journalby Truman Capote
"You can’t just give someone a piece of your heart, you know. It’s like trying to catch the wind in a butterfly net."
Breakfast At Tiffany'S Journalby Truman Capote
"Nobody is ever going to put me in a cage. I want to be free to be myself, and that means I don't belong to anyone."
Breakfast At Tiffany'S Journalby Truman Capote