“They were both lost and empty and fragile, in their own way. But they were still standing.”
― Isabel Curtis, quote from Before Life Happened
“Everyone's hurting, we just choose different ways to distract our suffering”
― Isabel Curtis, quote from Before Life Happened
“Does it get easier, at least?"
"No, it doesn't. You just get used to the grief.”
― Isabel Curtis, quote from Before Life Happened
“So many things die along with us and no one even notices.”
― Isabel Curtis, quote from Before Life Happened
“there is still good in the world. And if you can't see it, go make it”
― Isabel Curtis, quote from Before Life Happened
“She was a broken vase surrounded by broken glass: damaged and dangerous at the same time.”
― Isabel Curtis, quote from Before Life Happened
“Someone once said that you should be careful what you wish for,
32
because you might end up getting it. And Hayden had to be very careful. Because even wrong opportunities can come knocking at your door, and they are often disguised as the chance you've been waiting for your whole life.”
― Isabel Curtis, quote from Before Life Happened
“Someone once said that you should be careful what you wish for because you might end up getting it. And Hayden had to be very careful. Because even wrong opportunities can come knocking at your door, and they are often disguised as the chance you've been waiting for your whole life.”
― Isabel Curtis, quote from Before Life Happened
Isabel Curtis
See more on GoodReads
“She lacks the core of sureness, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on reflections of herself in others' eyes. She does not dare to be herself.”
― Anaïs Nin, quote from Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love"--The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
“I stand up, trying to shake myself mentally. Get over him, Maggie, I instruct myself. I need to stop. I really do. I want to. I’m going to. I sound like a drug addict. Perhaps there’s a twelve-step program for me. Priest Lovers Anonymous.”
― Kristan Higgins, quote from Catch of the Day
“a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man;”
― Herman Melville, quote from Pierre: or, the Ambiguities
“Every love's the love before
In a duller dress.”
― Dorothy Parker, quote from The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker (Modern Library)
“Bad things open your eyes to the good things you weren’t paying attention to before.”
― N.M. Facile, quote from Across The Hall
The Borrowers
Second Grave on the...
Anne's House of Drea...
Succubus Revealed
The Fifth Season
Notes from Undergrou...BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.
We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.
Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.
