Quotes from Ransom

“Words are powerful. They too can be the agents of what is new, of what is conceivable and can be thought and let loose upon the world.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom

“He had entered the rough world of men, where a man's acts follow him wherever he goes in the form of story.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom

“She had given him up. That was the hard condition of his being and of all commerce between them.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom

“The bronze-haired avenger of his father's death, already filled with the fierce light of the future, is at sea and sailing fast for Troy.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom

“However the story is told and elaborated, the raw shame of it will be with him now til his last breath.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom

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“Não podemos tentar ser mais emocionais; quanto mais tentarmos, menos emocionais seremos. Podemos tentar ser conscientes e, se nos tornarmos mais conscientes, nos tornaremos mais emocionais.”
― P.D. Ouspensky, quote from The Fourth Way

“Some months earlier one of his oldest friends, Junto charter member Hugh Roberts, had written with news of the club and how the political quarreling in Philadelphia had continued to divide the membership. Franklin expressed hope that the squabbles would not keep Roberts from the meetings. “’tis now perhaps one of the oldest clubs, as I think it was formerly one of the best, in the King’s dominions; it wants but about two years of forty since it was established.” Few men were so lucky as to belong to such a group. “We loved and still love one another; we are grown grey together and yet it is too early to part. Let us sit till the evening of life is spent; the last hours were always the most joyous. When we can stay no longer ’tis time enough then to bid each other good night, separate, and go quietly to bed.” And”
― H.W. Brands, quote from The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

“alarm box, and put my finger on the little white”
― James Patterson, quote from Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

“السؤال هو هل "المستقبل المضيء" هو بالفعل مسألة مؤجلة على الدوام "هناك". فماذا لو أن الأمر عكس ذلك, لو أن هذا المستقبل يوجد هنا بين أيدينا, وأن الغشاوة والضعف اللذان يلفاننا يمنعاننا من أن نراه في أنفسنا ونجعله واقعاً ؟”
― Václav Havel, quote from The Power of the Powerless

“In the beginning we are all floating downstream. At some point we become aware that the currents are dragging us down and that we are no longer satisfied with the status quo of human”
― Noah Levine, quote from Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries

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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.

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