Here are some short book quotes. These quotes capture a range of emotions, themes, and perspectives found in literature.
Book Quotes Short
1. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
— Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice”
2. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
— Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina”
3. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby”
4. “The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
— John Green, “Looking for Alaska”
5. “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
— Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre”
6. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
— J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
7. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”
— Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”
8. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
— Dr. Seuss, “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!”
9. “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
— Sylvia Plath, “The Bell Jar”
10. “In the end, we’ll all become stories.”
— Margaret Atwood, “The Blind Assassin”
11. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
— Oscar Wilde, “Lady Windermere’s Fan”
12. “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”
— Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre”
13. “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.”
— Jack Kerouac, “On the Road”
14. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring”
15. “Not all those who wander are lost.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring”
16. “Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.”
— L.M. Montgomery, “Anne of Green Gables”
17. “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”
— J.M. Barrie, “Peter Pan”
18. “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
— J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
19. “The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts we have today.”
— Pittacus Lore, “The Power of Six”
20. “All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring”
21. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring”
22. “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
— Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist”
23. “Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
— Ralph Ellison, “Invisible Man”
24. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs, “Steve Jobs”
25. “The only journey is the one within.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke, “Letters to a Young Poet”
