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“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever.”
― Lauren Oliver, Pandemonium
― Lauren Oliver, Pandemonium
There are so many quotes in books that i love, and so i have listed my very favorites below."I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do i" said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us."
- JRR Tolkien, the fellowship of the ring
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"
- JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
"And so the Lion fell in love with the Lamb..."he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as i thrilled to the word. "What a stupid Lamb" i sighed, "What a sick, masochistic Lion"
- Stephanie Meyer, Twilight
For more quotes i love, check out my Profile page where they are listed. x
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." - J.K.Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone "To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." - J.K.Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
"The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution." - J.K.Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
"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
"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure." - J.K.Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
"Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure." - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
"Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
"After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape." - J.K.Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed." - Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then." - Cassandra Clare, City of Glass
"As long as I can still dream, I will dream of you." - Cassandra Clare, City of Glass
"It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it." - Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
Thanks, Lucinda! :)I love quotes! I'm always writing quotes down. I would be here for hours if I were to write all my favourite quotes. :)
Sydney wrote: "Insurgent by Veronica Roth, "I thought that I would shoot the bullets out of my nose so I left the gun upstairs""Hahahah! Laughed my ass out when I read this in Insurgent. :D
"Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.” ― Colleen Hoover, Slammed
"Push your boundaries, that's what they're there for.”
― Colleen Hoover, Slammed
“If I were a carpenter, I would build you a window to my soul. But I would leave that window shut and locked, so that every time you tried to look through it all you would see is your own reflection. You would see that my soul is a reflection of you.” ― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat
"...all we have to do, is to decide what to do with the time that is given to us"-JRR Tolkien's, the lord of the rings.
"I'll grab a zebra; Gaz, you fill all the bubbles with your trademark scent, so people are choking and gagging; and let's throw need jerky right into their eyes! Now THAT'S a plan!""I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!"
"You could in New Hampshire."
My mouth dropped open. How does she know this stuff? "Forget it! No one's getting married!" I hissed. "Not in New Hampshire, or anywhere else! Not in a box, not with a fox! Now go to sleep BEFORE I KILL YOU!"
"The Japanese have an idiom for whining that is translated as 'vomiting up weakness.'" Total said helpfully.
I was getting relationship advice from a 7-year old. Because she knew more than I did. A new low.
-All quotes from the Maximum Ride series!
“Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to.” ― Benedict Cumberbatch






"Well, I would only go if there was cake." Lol I love that quote. Share yours too!