Classics
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
“And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
“You pierce my soul. I am half agony. Half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.”
Persuasion, Jane Austen
“Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.”
The Outsiders, S.E. Hilton
"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, Charlotte Brontë
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
1984, George Orwell
“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
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
“Why, sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Through the Looking Glass (Alice in Wonderland), Lewis Carroll
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
Animal Farm, George Orwell
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
"One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again."
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Little Women, Lousia May Alcott
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."
Emma, Jane Austen
"Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for."
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
“All we can know is that we know nothing. And that’s the height of human wisdom.”
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
"He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking."
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
“Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.”
Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger