“Reality is just a dream dreamed by everyone”
“People who live life in fear of taking risks die without living it.”
“Yet 'Reality' is just whatever illusion we believe in”
“What is far is very close, and what is close is very far”
“You have to be lost to find the key”
“Creativity leads others to where I lead you, to an unseen beauty, so ineffable its very beauty destroys itself...”
“Common man does not speculate about the great problems. With regard to them he relies upon other people's authority, he behaves as “every decent fellow must behave,” he is like a sheep in the herd. It”
“The portrait of his past was partially erased by God and he is searching for those erased portions.”
“As if it were important, he strained his memory; beside the sofa there had been a large lamp with a round milk-white base encircled by a chain of painted roses, and beyond that, on the wall, neatly framed, was a series of water colors done by a forgotten aunt during her Grand Tour.”
“People will change their habits quickly IF they have a strong reason for doing so.”
“The history of each and every territory is written in the blood of those who died trying to fulfill the aspirations of their ambitious leaders.”
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.