“What's the meaning of life?"
"I have been programmed by Hexus to reply 'meatballs,'" it says.”
― Lydia Kang, quote from Control
“Trust no one, I scold myself. Even if they smell good.”
― Lydia Kang, quote from Control
“For once, I'll be proud to be in the shadows.”
― Lydia Kang, quote from Control
“Trust is essential when you're planning to lie to everyone you know.”
― Lydia Kang, quote from Control
“Welcome to Aureus, land of illegal freaks. Have some torture and tea while you're here.”
― Lydia Kang, quote from Control
“once, I’ll be proud to be in the shadows.”
― Lydia Kang, quote from Control
“It is easy to disappear when no one is looking at you.”
― Kristin Hannah, quote from The Nightingale
“Everything frightens me, and it's well that it does. Fear is a good friend to the hunted, it's kept me alive this long. The dead are fearless, and I don't care to join them.”
― Joe Abercrombie, quote from The Blade Itself
“It is when we are trapped in incessant streams of compulsive thinking that the universe really disintegrates for us, and we lose the ability to sense the interconnectedness of all that exists.”
― Eckhart Tolle, quote from A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“I'm someone who doesn't have anything to lose.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
“I begin with writing the first
sentence—and trusting to Almighty
God for the second.”
― Laurence Sterne, quote from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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.