“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
“You let us out right now, o r Gabe is going to shoot you with his gun! I mean it! He’s got a million guns, and he’ll shoot you, then cut you up with a knife!”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from Dream a Little Dream
“Do you know what my father used to say?" I ask her. "He used to say that songs had a heart. A crescendo that can make all your blood rush from your head to your toes.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Fever
“And so there must be in life something like a catastrophic turning point, when the world as we know ceases to exist. A moment that transform us into a different person from one heartbeat to the next.”
― Jan-Philipp Sendker, quote from The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
“don't fear tomorrow, 'til today's done with you.”
― Celia Rees, quote from Pirates!
“Stone and sea are deep in life
Two unalterable symbols of the world
Permanence at rest
And permanence in motion
Participants in the power that remains”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, quote from The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
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.