๐Ÿ’ฌ Quotes

5,034 quotes from great books

"If you don't know who you were, you can never truly know who you are."
โ€” Tormentby Lauren Kate
"Everything in this world is temporary, except for the things that stay broken forever."
โ€” Tormentby Lauren Kate
"The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite."
โ€” Piranesiby Susanna Clarke
"I have come to believe that the House is not a dead thing, but a living, breathing entity that remembers us all."
โ€” Piranesiby Susanna Clarke
"To be in the House is to be small, to be known by the tides, and to be content in that knowing."
โ€” Piranesiby Susanna Clarke
"The search for Knowledge has a tendency to take us further and further away from the Truth."
โ€” Piranesiby Susanna Clarke
"When you have lived for a long time in a place, you begin to see the world through the shapes of its shadows."
โ€” Piranesiby Susanna Clarke
"I am a child of the House, and the House is my protector. I have no need for the world outside, for the world outside is cold and full of lies."
โ€” Piranesiby Susanna Clarke
"Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe."
โ€” The Polar Expressby Chris Van Allsburg
"The train was standing perfectly still in front of my house. It was wrapped in an apron of steam."
โ€” The Polar Expressby Chris Van Allsburg
"I knew that I could climb aboard it if I wanted to. I reached for the handle and pulled myself up."
โ€” The Polar Expressby Chris Van Allsburg
"The first gift of Christmas! Take it. What a special gift it is."
โ€” The Polar Expressby Chris Van Allsburg
"I had lost the bell from the sleigh! I was heartbroken."
โ€” The Polar Expressby Chris Van Allsburg
"At Christmas Eve when the child is abed, the bells can be heard by those who truly believe."
โ€” The Polar Expressby Chris Van Allsburg
"I was the lion."
โ€” The Horse and his Boyby C. S. Lewis
"Child, I am telling you your story, not his. No one is told any story but their own."
โ€” The Horse and his Boyby C. S. Lewis
"But I have been hurt as well as you, for I have been a slave, and you have been a slave. And we have both been outcasts."
โ€” The Horse and his Boyby C. S. Lewis
"I think you people have a lot of guts to be what you are and to do what you do. It's really something, the way you keep on going."
โ€” Breakfast of Championsby Kurt Vonnegut
"You are the only person in the world who can decide what you are going to be."
โ€” Breakfast of Championsby Kurt Vonnegut
"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane."
โ€” Breakfast of Championsby Kurt Vonnegut