We all have our favourite stories and characters; fictional people and plots that we wish we could meet in real life. But what about the writing itself? Have you ever read a sentence that touched something inside you? One that gave you goosebumps, or made you think? If not, you might do now: here is our list of the most inspirational book quotes of all time.

"There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for."

– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do."

– H.Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

"Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving."

– J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time."

– Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet In Heaven

"It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."

– Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

– J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Not all those who wander are lost."

– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

"If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels."

– Tennessee Williams, Conversations with Tennessee Williams

"To define is to limit."

– Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Above all, don’t lie to yourself."

– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."

– John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."

– J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

– Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

– Louisa May Alcott, Little Women