917 quotes found
“Read books and be happy.”
“Great souls encouraged us to be great.”
“Every stage of life is a chapter of a book. You must begin writing your life book.”
“It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.”
“And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?' Esca said very simply, 'They will kill me.' 'I am sorry, but I do not think much of that plan.' Marcus said.”
“Its not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.”
“Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There w...”
“Some people say, Do not judge the book by its cover! Well, I say not to judge at all. People can say anything they want to say, but for me, cover does matter.”
“A story can always break into pieces while it sits inside a book on a shelf; and, decades after we have read it even twenty times, it can open us up, by cut or caress, to a new truth.”
“IN the book of my heart, pages keep falling out, many of them marked "Mom and Dad.”
“An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!”
“I've stolen books. They're the only thing worth taking that don't belong to you.”
“But see, that's the thing about movies. Nothing is left to the imagination. You read a book, and you see a picture of the characters and the scenes in your mind. You don't have that with a movie. I...”
“People have incredible nerve to do terrible things, but never actually admit to them.”
“Theres no better way to get to know a city than to walk its streets. A place will reveal its soul through its sights, sounds and smells, and eventually, itll teach you its rhythm.”
“Any self-defense class worth its salt will tell you thatyou dont pull out a weapon unless you intend to use it.The same should apply to ballsy remarks.”
“Inside the scrawny adolescent was a soul that defied extinction.”
“The thought of Annie being gone was too much to bear. I swear I heard gasps from the girls as Abby released the words of her passing to the screen.”
“Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.”
“The reader leaves his mark on the book, as the book leaves its mark on the reader.”
