Noteworthy Book Quotes

I’ve been thinking a lot about book quotes lately, so I decided to share a few that really resonated with me (FYI:  I’ve not read all of the books listed here and am not endorsing all of the books/authors; I just really love these quotes.)  If you have a favorite/favorites, I would love to hear about it! Thanks!

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.”  That Was Then This Is Now by S.E. Hinton

“People are really like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows. And maybe it’s a good thing, the way we never stop surprising one another.” Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

“I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.” This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

“Sometimes, when people get treated as less than human, the best way to help them feel better is to simply treat them as human. Not as victims. Just you as you.” All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

“When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time.” Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

“If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system. That’s much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.” Legend by Marie Lu

“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

“Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs, it’s actually quite common. The real courage is living and suffering for what you believe.” Eragon by Christopher Paolini

“I feel like I need to speak out, if no one speaks out, if no one says this is me, this is what I believe in, and this is why I’m different, and this is why that’s okay, then what’s the point?  What’s the point of living in this beautiful, great melting pot where anyone can dare to be anything they want to be?” When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

“The funny thing about armor is that it doesn’t just keep other people out.  It keeps us in.  We built it around us, not realizing that we’re trapping ourselves.” The Unbound by Victoria Schwab

“Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.” Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume

“Fear is your only enemy if you allow it to be.” An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

“Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up.” Divergent by Veronica Roth.

“Becoming fearless isn’t the point, that’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear and how to be free from it” also from Divergent by Veronica Roth

“Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.” If you Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson

“She delighted in the smell of the ink, the rough feel of the paper between her fingers, the rustle of sweet pages, the shapes of letters before her eyes.” My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows

“It was impossible to feel alone in a room full of favorite books. I had the sense that they knew me personally, that they’d read me cover to cover as I’d read them.” Noteworthy by Riley Redgate

“When I read, I feel emotion all on my own. Emotion no living person is making me feel.” Pivot Point by Kasie west

“No one with a book is ever alone, even in the darkest moments.” Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine

“Libraries were full of ideas- perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.” Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Mass

“What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?” The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

“I spent my life folded between pages of books. In the absence of human relationships, I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association. My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed though fiction.”  Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

“Sometimes it seems like everyone knows who I am except me.” Also from Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

“Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.” Every Day by David Leviathan

“We accept the love we think we deserve.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

“Heart and Head are contrary historians.” Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” The Giver by Lois Lowry

“Hope isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.” Golden Son by Pierce Brown

“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.” The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

“There are two kinds of guilt. The kind that’s a burden and the kind that gives you purpose. Let your guilt be your fuel. Let it remind you of who you want to be. Draw a line in your mind. Never cross it again. You have a soul. It’s damaged but it’s there. Don’t let them take it from you.” Also from An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

“No kindness is ever wasted, nor can we tell how much good may come of it.” The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer

“To find a happy ending with someone else, first you have to find it alone.” The Last Ever After by Soman Chainani

“What an unchallenging life it would be if we always got things right on the first go.” Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

“Sometimes bad things need to be reminded that they’re not the only ones who can bite.” Cracked by Eliza Crewe

“None of us are saints. We can all do better.” The Midnight Star by Marie Lu

“The truth doesn’t always make a good story, does it?” The Magicians by Lev Grossman

“We’ve both got light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.” Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K Rowling