Quotes from The Substitute

Tionne Rogers ·  500 pages

Rating: (462 votes)


“Love can be more destructive than hate.”
― Tionne Rogers, quote from The Substitute


“Loneliness can drive a person mad. There's a place, in every man's soul, that no friend can reach, only a lover, and he longed for the chance to close that emptiness.”
― Tionne Rogers, quote from The Substitute


“Are you all right, Sir?”
Yes, I'm fine. My life is totally ruined but I'm fine. I feel free, detached from everything.”
“Then you're an outsider to life.”
― Tionne Rogers, quote from The Substitute


“For a moment, I believed you.” He ordered me, dryly, recovering his usual poise again.
He does not only have a selective hearing, but a selective understanding as well. I confessed. If he believes me or not, is his problem. Forewarned is not forearmed.”
― Tionne Rogers, quote from The Substitute


“Friends?” He asked me offering his right hand.
“As long as you don't touch my pencils' box again,”
― Tionne Rogers, quote from The Substitute



“I ran as fast as I could for about five minutes over the deserted streets. If you wonder Diary why I did it, the answer is I have no bloody idea. I just needed to be with him, to get his comfort and his kisses. I was overwhelmed and exhausted beyond measure. I needed him like I never needed someone before. When I heard of my father's suicide I swallowed the pain and wallowed into it. Now, I didn't want to do it. I needed his calm voice and his strong arms and perhaps, his shoulder to cry on over Federico's betrayal.”
― Tionne Rogers, quote from The Substitute


About the author

Tionne Rogers
Born place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“Elizabeth Blair of brother Frank: he could “not let even a great man set his small dogs on him without kicking the dog & giving his master some share of the resentment.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin, quote from Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln


“Whitney: Where is your home?
Clayton: Wherever you are.”
― Judith McNaught, quote from Whitney, My Love


“Granpa always said that if you was spoken to, treat such with proper respect and give full attention to what was being said.”
― Forrest Carter, quote from The Education of Little Tree


“Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.”
― Terry Pratchett, quote from Witches Abroad


“I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.”
― Lian Hearn, quote from Across the Nightingale Floor


Interesting books

We Should All Be Feminists
(83.3K)
We Should All Be Fem...
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Sleeping Giants
(36.3K)
Sleeping Giants
by Sylvain Neuvel
Broken April
(2.8K)
Broken April
by Ismail Kadare
The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
(4.9K)
The Book of Sand and...
by Jorge Luis Borges
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
(9K)
Ex Libris: Confessio...
by Anne Fadiman
Secrets of the Clans
(7.6K)
Secrets of the Clans
by Erin Hunter

About BookQuoters

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.