“It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end.”
― Alison Croggon, quote from The Crow
“It is not given to us to know what difference we can make, and perhaps we can make no difference at all. But that is no reason not to make the attempt," said Saliman quietly. "The Light shines more brightly in the darkness.”
― Alison Croggon, quote from The Crow
“A man cannot eat more than three meals a day, or live in more than one house at a time. If you have what you need, and more than you need, what is the use of adding to it?”
― Alison Croggon, quote from The Crow
“For life is what animals can teach us: how the present moment is all, and past and future are illusion.”
― Alison Croggon, quote from The Crow
“Every human being occupies a space at the dead center of his or her own universe.”
― Graeme Cameron, quote from Normal
“بعضی وقت ها خیال میکنم که آدم به دنیا اومده که اسباب تفریح مردم بشه”
― Romain Gary, quote from The Ski Bum
“Где взять другие сорок рублей? Акакий Акакиевич думал, думал и решил, что нужно будет уменьшить обыкновенные издержки, хотя, по крайней мере, в продолжение одного года: изгнать употребление чаю по вечерам, не зажигать по вечерам свечи, а если что понадобится делать, идти в комнату к хозяйке и работать при ее свечке; ходя по улицам, ступать как можно легче и осторожнее, по камням и плитам, почти на цыпочках, чтобы таким образом не истереть скоровременно подметок; как можно реже отдавать прачке мыть белье, а чтобы не занашивалось, то всякий раз, приходя домой, скидать его и оставаться в одном только демикотоновом халате, очень давнем и щадимом даже самим временем.”
― Nikolai Gogol, quote from The Overcoat
“If we get lucky, it will grow hair.”
― Kirsten Miller, quote from The Darkness Dwellers
“We should celebrate. We each married a sadistic killer.” His head tilted toward Isa as we drank our coffee. “I almost feel sorry for the poor bastard she ends up with.”
― Scarlett Dawn, quote from King Tomb
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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