“A coward is a servant of his fears.
A hero enslaves his fears.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“Realized dreams often turn into nightmares.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“There are only
two types of composers:
composing composers
and decomposing composers.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“Conflict occurs
when two pasts step
on the toes of the present.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“To come up with one great sentence, one needs to serve a life sentence.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“Death defines life. I'd rather stay undefined.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“I need a whole other life not to let this one go to waste.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“I have inflammation of the imagination.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and said to himself over and over again that he was the most miserable of men, I give you permission to throw me head-first into the sea.”
― Voltaire, quote from Candide: or, Optimism
“Did I really feel so powerless in my own life that I had to take this poor, vulnerable creature's to compensate”
― Graeme Cameron, quote from Normal
“لنی پاپ را دوست داشت . او خیلی از کسانی را که هرگز ندیده بود دوست داشت . بهترین آدم ها همان ها بودند که او هرگز ندیده بود”
― Romain Gary, quote from The Ski Bum
“как много в человеке бесчеловечья, как много скрыто свирепой грубости в утонченной, образованной светскости, и, боже! даже в том человеке, которого свет признает благородным и честным...”
― Nikolai Gogol, quote from The Overcoat
“You know how to tail people?" I asked.
My mother shrugged and kept her mouth shut, but her devilish smile said everything.”
― Kirsten Miller, quote from The Darkness Dwellers
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.
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