“This is love. Finally, he understood. This was what made sane men into fools.”
― Marie Force, quote from Maid for Love
“You hear about people waiting too long to retire, then one of ’em gets sick. . .”
― Marie Force, quote from Maid for Love
“The whole town is talking about you sleeping with her. I won’t have it.” Mac laughed,”
― Marie Force, quote from Maid for Love
“And I’m not just saying that”
― Marie Force, quote from Maid for Love
“bike. “Got the old girl out of”
― Marie Force, quote from Maid for Love
“said softly, framing his son’s face”
― Marie Force, quote from Maid for Love
“He’s bossy and pushy and—” “Totally smitten,”
― Marie Force, quote from Maid for Love
“He’d fallen in love with a woman”
― Marie Force, quote from Maid for Love
“Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of our lives...Deus ex machina is an insult because it is a lie.”
― Robert McKee, quote from Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
“I remember watching Morin walk away from me, the endearing gait and the butt that got lubed for science, and thinking, 'Oh my god, they're just people.”
― Mary Roach, quote from Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
“The devil is not as black as he is painted.”
― Dante Alighieri, quote from La Divina Comedia
“Negative judgment of the results of one’s efforts tends to make one try even harder; positive evaluation tends to make one try to force oneself into the same pattern on the next shot. Both positive and negative thinking inhibit spontaneity. THE”
― W. Timothy Gallwey, quote from The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
“So here we have purposeful practice in a nutshell: Get outside your comfort zone but do it in a focused way, with clear goals, a plan for reaching those goals, and a way to monitor your progress. Oh, and figure out a way to maintain your motivation. This recipe is an excellent start for anyone who wishes to improve—but it is still just a start.”
― K. Anders Ericsson, quote from Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
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.