“... sometimes good people [are] helpless... terrible things happen... to good people... there [are] sad endings as well as happy ones.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from The Fairy Godmother
“Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from The Fairy Godmother
“...for a country whose people ceased to believe in magic soon lost much of their ability to imagine and dream, and before long, they ceased to believe--or hope-- for anything.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from The Fairy Godmother
“Sometimes, it seemed, the business of a Witch or a Godmother was not so much using magic as knowing when not to use it.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from The Fairy Godmother
“And when it comes down to cases, everything written is at least in part a fantasy. Except maybe for the national budget. That’s horror.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from The Fairy Godmother
“Just as I had long suspected, a person didn't really need math for anything anyway. Maybe some people did. Some limited people.”
― Augusten Burroughs, quote from Possible Side Effects
“I do believe the most of me
Floats under water; and men see
Above the wave a jagged small
Mountain of ice, and that is all.
Only the depths of other peaks
May know my substance when it speaks,
And steadfast through the grinding jam
Remain aware of what I am.
Myself, I think, shall never know
How far beneath the wave I go.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay, quote from Collected Poems
“Ladies and gentlemen, friends and neighbors, and anyone else I've managed to leave out–”
― Alan Bradley, quote from I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
“Sometimes choice is a luxury that fate does not afford us.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from The Last Dragonslayer
“Умрял е човек. Останалите живи или осъждат мъртвите, или страдат и се разкайват. И в единия, и в другия случай има нещо изкуствено, нещо лицемерно. А на мъртвите им е все едно. Тях не ги интересува нашият морал.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from Thousand Cranes
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.