“Relationships are about sacrifice and compromise. Sometimes, to have the person you want, you have to give up ideals that are important only because society tells us they are.”
― Helena Hunting, quote from Pucked Under
“You look at me, not him. As someone who loves him, it’s my responsibility to protect him from people who hurt him when he can’t bring himself to do it. As long as I’m in Randy’s life, this version of you isn’t welcome.” Randy”
― Helena Hunting, quote from Pucked Under
“You’re a beautiful man with a beautiful heart.”
― Helena Hunting, quote from Pucked Under
“I guess it’s her prerogative if she only wants it doggy-style this weekend.” The kid behind the counter coughs. I”
― Helena Hunting, quote from Pucked Under
“I’m Lily’s boyfriend. She lives with me. In my house.”
I need to get a handle on this jealousy.”
― Helena Hunting, quote from Pucked Under
“She clasps her hands behind my neck.
“It’s your turn to take what you need, baby.”
So I do. Because she lets me. Because I love her. Because she loves me back.”
― Helena Hunting, quote from Pucked Under
“For the love of broken beavers, do you two ever take a break?”
― Helena Hunting, quote from Pucked Under
“Loving you is the best choice I ever made.”
― Helena Hunting, quote from Pucked Under
“I’m Lily’s boyfriend. She lives with me. In my house.” Lily”
― Helena Hunting, quote from Pucked Under
“Thursday 18th June 07:37
TO: chris@christophercheshire.com
Ow, ow ow. Sunburn. Grass burn. Torn dress. Mud in hair. Hung-over. Feel like a slut.”
― Robert Bryndza, quote from The Not So Secret Emails Of Coco Pinchard
“We accepted our situation meekly. How quickly we became prisoners, how quickly we gave up our freedom, how quickly we tolerated the loss of that freedom, like a child being abused, in silence. In this world, there were no individual demands, and asking permission for everything was infantilizing. So we began to understand our students, who had never been able to do anything on their own. The notion of following your heart’s desire, of going wherever you chose, did not exist here, and I did not see any way to let them know what it felt like, especially since, after so little time in their system, I had lost my own sense of freedom.”
― Suki Kim, quote from Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
“You shrunk and bottled in a glass jar, you’re a portable saint. Knowing you is like knowing Jesus. There are billions of us and only one of you so I don’t expect much from you personally. There are no answers to my life. But I’m touched by you and fulfilled just by believing.”
― Chris Kraus, quote from I Love Dick
“She loved them so much that she felt a kind of hollowness on the inner surface of her arms whenever she looked at them-an ache of longing to pull them close and hold them tight against her.”
― Anne Tyler, quote from A Spool of Blue Thread
“Nurse Winter stares at me, her face looking blank for a moment. "Are you sure?" she asks. "Positive,”
― Amy Cross, quote from Asylum
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.