“Kate had never in her life seen such frightful deformities, and the goblins had never seen such a hideous dress.”
― Clare B. Dunkle, quote from The Hollow Kingdom
“Kate felt very offended. 'I am not an elf,' she insisted. 'I'm an Englishwoman!”
― Clare B. Dunkle, quote from The Hollow Kingdom
“Forks are absurd, he scoffed. They insult your food. They make it think you're killing it twice.”
― Clare B. Dunkle, quote from The Hollow Kingdom
“Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, [Emily] usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could never in politeness be said.”
― Clare B. Dunkle, quote from The Hollow Kingdom
“Perhaps she had learned already those lessons in life that make smiling difficult.”
― Clare B. Dunkle, quote from The Hollow Kingdom
“Having lived so long, I can’t tell the difference between the two political parties. They both sound like broken records that started skipping after the founding fathers died. Now there were some real men!”
― Christopher Pike, quote from Thirst No. 3: The Eternal Dawn
“I know who you are.” Ash’s voice shook slightly, which chilled me even more. That Ash, fearless, unshakable Ash, was afraid of this thing filled me with dread.”
― Julie Kagawa, quote from Winter's Passage
“WITHOUT LAUGHTER, WHAT MAN of sense could endure either politics or war?”
― Mary Renault, quote from The Last of the Wine
“A wonderfully congenial group who live by a unique set of social standards. According to their rules, any sin is acceptable provided it is carried off in good taste.”
― Evelyn Waugh, quote from A Handful of Dust
“The flipside is that when we’re not counting our blessings, we can fall into the trap of unintentionally counting negative things.”
― Rhonda Byrne, quote from The Magic
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.