A Few Of The Greatest Book Quotes
There are thousands of books out there, all with something to offer us, something for us to take away. Even though I may not be as avid of a reader as I once was, spending my free time with a book was something I used to dive myself into daily. And, you should to! Reading can often be dubbed as boring or tedious, but once you find a book you love, you’ll realize the importance of reading and how much you can grow from a single book. That being said, hopefully this list of some of the best book quotes will inspire you to pick up a book, or encourage you to let me know of some of your favorite book quotes.
1.) “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
2.) “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” —Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
3.) “He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” —Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
4.) “You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.” —The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
5.) “Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.” —Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
6.) “I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.” —Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
7.) “At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.” —The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
8.) “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” —The Giver, Lois Lowry
9.) “It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” —The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
10.) “The thing is—fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.” —The Lord of the Flies, William Golding
11.) “I don’t care if it’s a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t, you feel even worse.” —The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
12.) “I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.” —The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
13.) “Do I love you? My god, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.” —The Princess Bride, William Golding
14.) “You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.” —Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
15.) “If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.” —Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
By Kim Holderness
