“But you don't let true happiness slip out of your grasp without one helluva fight.”
― Johanna Lindsey, quote from That Perfect Someone
“If you think I'm going to tell my wife she came in second place, you're out of your gourd. I'll convey the apology and not another bloody word.”
― Johanna Lindsey, quote from That Perfect Someone
“Now that's the sort of love Richard had always been looking for, enduring, defying obstacles, reciprocated.”
― Johanna Lindsey, quote from That Perfect Someone
“James stared at him for a moment, a brief moment, before his stonelike fist landed in Richard's gut. "Wrong answer. Try again.”
― Johanna Lindsey, quote from That Perfect Someone
“There can be no doubt of this: All America is divided into two classes,- the quality and the equality.”
― Owen Wister, quote from The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
“She never worried about falling; such a thing was never possible in this weightless world”
― Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, quote from Red Riding Hood
“All the effort went into getting there and then I had nothing left. I thought I'd got somewhere, then I found I had to go on.”
― Alan Bennett, quote from The History Boys
“You remind me of a boy I used to know
Same Smile, same easy, laid-back style
And man, could he kiss
Blew my mind the very first time
His lips touched mine.
You remind me
You remind me of a boy I used to like.
Same eyes, strong arms, same open mind
And man, could he dance
Arms around me, lost in a trance
I'd hear his heart
You remind me
I'm scared of you
How did you find me?
Turn and walk away
'Cause you remind me
You remind me of a boy I used to love
Same laughter and tears, shared through the years
And man, how he felt
Made my bones more than melt
He touched my soul.
You remind me
I'm scared of you
How did you find me?
Turn and walk away
'Cause you remind me”
― Malorie Blackman, quote from Checkmate
“On ne découvre pas de terre nouvelle sans consentir à perdre de vue, d'abord et longtemps, tout rivage.
(One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.)”
― André Gide, quote from The Counterfeiters
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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