“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
— The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
— Looking for Alaska, John Green
“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
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
— Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”
— The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
— The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
“Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up.”
— Divergent, Veronica Roth
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
— The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”
— The Road, Cormac McCarthy
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
— A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
“She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.”
— A Girl I Knew, J.D. Salinger
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
— Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
“You should enjoy the little detours. Because that’s where you’ll find the things more important than what you want.”
— One Piece, Eiichiro Oda
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
— Hamlet, William Shakespeare
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
— The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
“Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.”
— The Color Purple, Alice Walker
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
— Requiem for a Nun, William Faulkner
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
“We are all fools in love.”
— Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen