16 Influential, Inspiring and Awesome Quotes From Literature – Books

written by followyourdreams July 13, 2018

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
Get busy living, or get busy dying. – Stephen King, Different Seasons
Most people are nice when you finally see them. – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Don’t panic.– Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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
Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up. – Veronica Roth, Divergent
Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. – John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go… Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Dr. Seuss)
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing. – Moby Dick Herman Melville
Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure. – Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons Stephen King
And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are. —J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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