“I always felt sorry for humans, spending so much time in front of the mirror. Fixing their hair, makeup, and clothes, mostly to impress others. Did they really see themselves in the mirror? Was it what they wanted to see? Did it make them feel good or bad? And mostly I wondered if they based their self-image on their reflected one.”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Kissing Coffins
“It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. How the artist captured the light, the details of my mother's dimples, the joy in my father's eyes, all through gentle strokes from his palette. The artist made me look alive when I felt lonely and grim inside. That's the way this man saw me. I decided then that that's what I wanted to do”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Kissing Coffins
“Here's to new blood."
-Jagger Maxwell”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Kissing Coffins
“Some people spend all their lives searching for their soul mates.”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Kissing Coffins
“Your right. We do spend a lot of time worrying about our looks, instead of focusing on what's inside. - Raven
The artist has the power to capture that. To express what he thinks about the subject. I thought that was much more romantic then seeing myself in a cold, stark glass reflection. - Alexander”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Kissing Coffins
“It's very lonely, feeling like an outcast. Like you are invited to a costume party, but you are the only one in a mask.”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Kissing Coffins
“Some people search their whole lives searching for their soul mates.I had only an hour and a half to find mine.”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Kissing Coffins
Ellen Schreiber
See more on GoodReads
“After he died, my mother was like a crab: she tucked everything inside and left only her shell.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, quote from Girl in Pieces
“In an ideal world, a young man should not be an ironical person. At that age, irony prevents growth, stunts the imagination. It is best to start life in a cheerful and open state of mind, believing in others, being optimistic, being frank with everyone about everything. And then, as one comes to understand things and people better, to develop a sense of irony. The natural progression of human life is from optimism to pessimism; and a sense of irony helps temper pessimism, helps produce balance, harmony. But”
― Julian Barnes, quote from The Noise of Time
“Nobody knows how things will turn out when they start a relationship, whether they will stay together or not.”
― Sharlyn G. Branson, quote from Limits of Destiny
“Once you think a thought, it is extremely difficult to unthink it.”
― John Green, quote from Let it Snow
“It’s not enough to be honest and loyal, frankly it doesn’t matter if you are not, so long as you are perceived to be so.”
― Kiran Nagarkar, quote from Cuckold
Summa Theologica, 5...
A Fine and Private P...
In the Stillness
Alif the Unseen
Ali's Pretty Little...
VitroBookQuoters 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.
