“Don’t ever think that just because you do things differently, you’re wrong.”
― Gail Tsukiyama, quote from Women of the Silk
“Nothing ever stands still, and neither should you.”
― Gail Tsukiyama, quote from Women of the Silk
“Sometimes things don’t work out as they’re planned, and there have to be sacrifices in order to make things better again.”
― Gail Tsukiyama, quote from Women of the Silk
“Fear seems to be the ruling judge.”
― Gail Tsukiyama, quote from Women of the Silk
“Nothing ever stands still,” she told them. “And neither should you.”
― Gail Tsukiyama, quote from Women of the Silk
“As every slumdweller knew, there were three main ways out of poverty: finding an entrepreneurial niche, as the Husains had found in garbage; politics and corruption, in which Asha placed her hopes; and education.”
― Katherine Boo, quote from Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
“You know,” he said, “you didn’t have to go to all of this trouble just to get my attention.”
― Bridget Zinn, quote from Poison
“Some day, he thought, I would like to meet a monster who LOOKS like a monster.”
― Ira Levin, quote from The Boys from Brazil
“Then it was this big thing. She was like, 'I never want to see you again', and I was like, 'Fine. Okay? Fine. Then get some special goggles.”
― M.T. Anderson, quote from Feed
“Friendship is the greatest gift one can give to another.”
― Brian Jacques, quote from Loamhedge
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.