“My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“My mom says that when it rains you never feel like you should be anywhere but home.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“There is a difference between giving into something and accepting it.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“But really, there are no coincidences. Coincidences are just other people's choices, plans you don't know about.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“It's strange, isn't it? One small bit of information - a private relationship, something that happened a long time ago - and the whole story seems different.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“...she could see it now, what her father loved about Shakespeare, about that entire, mysterious time, with its pomp and majesty, secrets and betrayals.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“I suppose we never know what we have the capacity to forgive until we're truly tested.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
~Waddington”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from The Painted Veil
“9p.m. My flat. Feel very strange and empty. Is all very well thinking everything is going to be different when you come back but then it is all the same. Suppose I have to make it different. But what am I going to do with my life?
I know. Will eat some cheese.”
― Helen Fielding, quote from Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
“With older people, it's quite different. They're reliable, they show you what to do, and there's solidity in their affection.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, quote from The Age of Reason
“The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen. An aphorism is merely a small group of words arranged in a certain order because they sound good that way, but oftentimes people tend to say them as if they were saying something very mysterious and wise.”
― Lemony Snicket, quote from The Vile Village
“Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. (from 'Instructions')”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
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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