“In my books, there is always a prince, and he always happens upon the damsel in the most unexpected places.”
― MarcyKate Connolly, quote from Monstrous
“Jealousy is a very stupid thing. It only leaves the bitterest taste behind-regret.”
― MarcyKate Connolly, quote from Monstrous
“You can only cry so much until your life is wept away.”
― MarcyKate Connolly, quote from Monstrous
“Perhaps music is a sort of magic.”
― MarcyKate Connolly, quote from Monstrous
“I do not know about magic, but words are powerful things indeed.”
― MarcyKate Connolly, quote from Monstrous
“I am creature of the night and dark corners.”
― MarcyKate Connolly, quote from Monstrous
“Father says I'm perfect, but would a prince agree if he knew what I was made of? Would he value me for the usefulness of my parts, or for the contents of my heart? Or would he only value me as a prize to slay the monsters in the story?”
― MarcyKate Connolly, quote from Monstrous
“I will never forget my first breath. Gasping. Heaving. Delicious.”
― MarcyKate Connolly, quote from Monstrous
“When a woman teams up with a snake a moral storm threatens somewhere.”
― Stacy Schiff, quote from Cleopatra: A Life
“النظرية القياسية"
مما يثير اهتمامنا في نهاية هذه النظرية هو أننا نستطيع ان نقول بالضبط كيف كان الكون في نهاية الثانية الأولى . إن اطمئنان الفيزيائي يأتي من أنه يستطيع معالجة هذه المسائل حتى الجانب العددي منها ، وأنه يستطيع أن يذكر لنا درجة حرارة الكون هي هذه اللحظة أو تلك ، وكثافته ، ومسلكه الكيماوي ... ليس لدينا يقين مطلق في هذا المجال إلا أنه من المثير حقا أن نعتقد أنا نستطيع الآن أن نتحدث عن هذه القضايا بشيء من الطمأنينة..”
― Steven Weinberg, quote from The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe
“Fanfiction isn't copying - it's a celebration. One long party, from the first capital letter to the last full stop!”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
“Douglas Ainslie: Look. Can you hear yourself? Can you? Do you have any idea what a terrible person you have become? All you give out is this endless negativity, a refusal to see any kind of light and joy, even when it's staring you in the face, and a desperate need to squash any sign of happiness in me or... or... or... anyone else. It's a wonder that I don't fling myself at the first kind word or gesture that comes my way, but I don't, ou... ou... ou... out of some sense of dried-up loyalty and respect, neither of which I ever bloody get in return.
Jean, his wife: [long pause] I checked my emails. There's one from Laura.”
― Deborah Moggach, quote from The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
“Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed.”
― Iris Murdoch, quote from The Bell
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.
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