Want to read some great quotes or some great books in literature to get inspired, or just for the love of reading, then you are at the right place as we have gathered some of the best literary quotes from the best books of all time in literature.
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These quotes have been collected from some of the best books of all time and some quote is so powerful that a true reader can easily identify a book just by reading their popular quotes.
Below is the list of great literary and classic quotes in literature, which are inspiring as well as a life lesson from the great authors and writers.
People judge a book by its cover, so here you are getting a chance to judge a book by its quote, and just by reading these quotes you will understand why these are the best books of all time.
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50 Famous Quotes in Literature
(From Best Books of all Time)
1. The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
“And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
The Alchemist
2. Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
Pride and Prejudice
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
To Kill a Mockingbird
3. The Great Gatsby
by F.Scott Fitzgerald
“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”
The Great Gatsby
4. Harry Potter Series
by J. K Rowling
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
5. Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
“Don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it .”
Romeo and Juliet
6. David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
“My advice is, never do tomorrow what you do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”
David Copperfield
7. Alice Adventures in Wonderland
by C.S. Lewis
“Sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Alice in Wonderland
8. The Lord of the Rings Series
by J.R.R Tolkien
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
The Fellowship of the Ring
9. Lord of the Files
by William Golding
“The greatest ideas are the simplest.”
Lord of the Flies
10. Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
“Ignorance is the parent of fear.”
Moby Dick
11. Middlemarch
by George Eliot
“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various point of view.”
Middlemarch
12. Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
“If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.”
Anna Karenina
13. 1984
by George Orwell
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
1984
14. Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift
“Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.”
Gulliver’s Travels
15. Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
“He’s more myself that I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
Wuthering Heights
16. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K Rowling
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grew to be.”
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
17. Ulysses
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.”
Ulysses
18. Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
“It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.”
Life of Pie
19. Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you.”
Jane Eyre
20. Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conard
“We live as we dream, alone.”
Heart of Darkness
21. Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
“What does the brain matter compared with the heart.”
Mrs. Dalloway
22. Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
Great Expectations
23. War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
“All we can know is that we know nothing And that’s the height of human wisdom.”
War and Peace
24. The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D Salinger
“I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.”
The Catcher in the Rye
25. The Faults in our Stars
by John Green
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
The Fault In Our Stars
26. The Hungers Game
by Suzanne Collins
“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
The Hunger Games
27. Animal Farm
by George Orwell
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Animal Farm
28. Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
“Its wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can’t have the one you want.”
Little Women
29. The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
The Tempest
30. The Hobbit
by J.R.R Tolkien
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”
The Hobbit
31. Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
“If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you’ll never learn.”
Fahrenheit 451
32. Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
”’Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.”’
Charlotte’s Web
33. The Fellowship of The Ring
by J.R.R Tolkien
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”
The Fellowship of the Ring
34. Kafka on the Shore
by Harper Lee
”Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
Kafka on the Shore
35. Beloved
by Toni Morrison
“Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.”
Beloved
36. The Two Towers
by J.R.R Tolkien
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”
The Two Towers
37. A Tales of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
“You have been the last dream of my soul.”
A Tales of Two Cities
38. Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
Frankenstein
39. Looking for Alaska
by John Green
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
Looking for Alaska
40. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
41. Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo
“It is nothing to die; it is dreadful not to live.”
Les Miserables
42. Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
“Tomorrow I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.”
Gone with the Wind
43. A Game of Thrones
by George R.R Martin
“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
A Game of Thrones
44. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
by Truman Capote
“Anyone who ever gave you confidence you owe them a lot.”
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
45. The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
“You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.”
The Road
46. The Witches
by Roald Dahl
“It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.”
The Witches
47. One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“There is always something left to love.”
One Hundred Year of Solitude
48. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing
49. Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
“Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.”
Catch-22
50. All the Lights We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
All the Lights We Cannot See
