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.
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
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