“Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. ~ Doug Larson”
― Mara Jacobs, quote from Worth The Fall
“A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. ~ Author Unknown”
― Mara Jacobs, quote from Worth The Fall
“went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out. ~ Rodney Dangerfield”
― Mara Jacobs, quote from Worth The Fall
“I don’t sing because I am happy; I am happy because I sing. ~ William James”
― Mara Jacobs, quote from Worth The Fall
“Hockey players wear numbers because you can’t always identify the body with dental records. ~ Anonymous”
― Mara Jacobs, quote from Worth The Fall
“If you never change your mind, why have one? ~ Edward de Bono”
― Mara Jacobs, quote from Worth The Fall
“The world was not wheeling anymore. It was just very clear and bright and inclined to blur at the edges.”
― Ernest Hemingway, quote from Fiesta
“Indeed, anger can be thought of as anti-joy.”
― William B. Irvine, quote from A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
“for each traumatic event that happened to a child, they were two to four times more likely to grow up to be an addicted adult.”
― Johann Hari, quote from Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
“When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they're driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They're moved by a desire to touch the audience.”
― Robert McKee, quote from Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
“No one is excluded from the astronaut corps based on penis size.”
― Mary Roach, quote from Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
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.