“Not everything has to have a point. Some things just are. ”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“You've never been in love," she said. "You don't understand."
"If being in love means giving up your freedom, not to mention your opportunities," Caitlin said, "Then I haven't missed anything.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“Precious Child... nothing matters but the moment. There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“She wondered if all the firsts in her life would go by so quickly, and be forgotten just as quickly.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“A person without curiosity may as well be dead.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“You think everything can be magically cured with vitamins?” “Everything but us.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“A person can have a happy and fulfilling life without children.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“I am not scared of you, I am scare of these feelings.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“You weren’t always born to the right parents. And parents didn’t necessarily get the kids they were meant to raise.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“You can’t deny you ever loved them, love them still, even if loving them causes you pain.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“Some people never get over their first loves. They spend their whole lives trying to recapture the thrill. Sometimes, after fifty years they get back together. They meet at some reunion or other and realize they were meant to be together.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“He’s not like anything. He’s a person who just happens to have been born with something he can’t control. It could have happened to you. It could have happened to any of us. So the next time you see someone in a chair, someone spastic, just imagine if that were you! The same you who’s standing here now, but your mind’s been trapped inside a body you can’t control!”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“forever. Fifteen years ago she’d woven ribbons through”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“Zillions of puppies … that’s what they got up in heaven. The softest dogs you’ve ever seen. And no poop. I don’t know what happens to the poop but it’s not in heaven. Because heaven’s clean. All those fluffy white clouds. And these zillions of puppies just jumping from cloud to cloud and you get to run and chase them all day.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Summer Sisters
“Hands grab me, steady me. I jerk back, but they are surprisingly gentle. He doesn’t smile as I turn to see his face. He just stands there, letting me inspect him. He’s tall with a wide forehead and dark blond hair that’s cut short. His green eyes are deeply set beneath that forehead. His lips are wide and rugged like the rest of him. His hands have huge knuckles like he’s a boxer or arthritic or hits walls. He looks like he did when he pulled me out of the car, but stronger, taller somehow. He must be completely healed. He looks my age and he looks good, like the guy in high school that everyone, even the teachers, fall in love with.”
― Carrie Jones, quote from Captivate
“Stop telling yourself you that you aren't lovable because it's pissing me off. I don't care if you aren't ready to admit how you really feel about me yet, but don't you dare dismiss how I feel about you. Because I love you.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from Maybe Not
“As we drove back to Enugu, I laughed loudly,above Fela's stringent singing. I laughed because Nsukka's untarred roads coat cars with dust in the harmattan and with sticky mud in the rainy season. Because the tarred roads spring potholes like surprise presents and the air smells of hills and history and the sunlight scatters the sand and turns it into gold dust. Because Nsukka could free something deep inside your belly that would rise up to your throat and come out as freedom song. As laughter.(299)”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, quote from Purple Hibiscus
“In one's own home it is as if little, innate sympathies draw one to particular chairs that seem to enfold one in an embrace, or take one along particular streets that seem friendly when others may be hostile. And, believe me, that feeling is a very important part of life.”
― Ford Madox Ford, quote from The Good Soldier
“War is the enemy of civilization. We cannot grow through war, Xander. It drags us down, filling our hearts with hatred and thoughts of revenge.”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lord of the Silver Bow
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.