Famous Book Quotes

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. – Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. – The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. – Animal Farm, George Orwell

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive. – Looking for Alaska, John Green

If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. – Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. – Macbeth, William Shakespeare

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. – Cosmos, Carl Sagan

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. – E.E. Cummings

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling

Famous Book Quotes part 2

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. – To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke

I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. – W.B. Yeats

To love another person is to see the face of God. – Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? – Abraham Lincoln

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. – A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. – The Man Who Was Thursday, G.K. Chesterton

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. – The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The only way to deal with temptation is to yield to it. – The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful. – Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen

If you’re going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill

Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. – Franz Kafka

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. – Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. – To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right. – Albert Einstein

To love another person is to see the face of God. – Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. – Cosmos, Carl Sagan

I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera

The only way to deal with temptation is to yield to it. – The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. – Animal Farm, George Orwell

Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. – Franz Kafka

If you’re going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. – Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. – To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right. – Albert Einstein

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive. – Looking for Alaska, John Green

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. – Cosmos, Carl Sagan

I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera

The only way to deal with temptation is to yield to it. – The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. – Animal Farm, George Orwell

Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. – Franz Kafka