Quotes

Words worth keeping

2,684 quotes — from Indian and world voices, in English, Hindi and Urdu — while our publisher catalog grows.

I thought I'd lie on the floor and writhe in pain for a while," he grunted, "It relaxes me.""It does? Oh - you're being sarcastic. That's a good sign probably.

— Cassandra Clare
Humor

Ah, my daughter,ʺ he said. ʺEighteen, and already youʹve been accused of murder, aided felons, and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will ever see.ʺ He paused. ʺI couldnʹt be prouder.

— Richelle Mead
General

What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.

— Alan Bennett
Books & Writing

One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.

— A.A. Milne
Life

A house without books is like a room without windows.

— Horace Mann
Books & Writing

Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.

— Sylvia Plath
Life

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

— Stephanie Perkins
Life

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

— Leo Tolstoy
Wisdom

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

— Desmond Tutu
Kindness

Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.

— Christopher Hitchens
Faith & Religion

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.

— Patrick Rothfuss
Fear

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

— Coco Chanel
Success Time

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

— Euripides
Education & Knowledge

It's not gray," Clary felt compelled to point out. "It's green.""If there was such a thing as terminal literalism, you'd have died in childhood," said Jace.

— Cassandra Clare
Humor

إن المرأة تحب رجلها ليس لأنه أقوى الرجال، و لا أوسمهم، و لا أغناهم، بل لأنه هو.. بضع�ه و قوته.. و الحب ليس إستعراض قوة لكنه طاقة عطاء دا�ئة مستمرة

— أحمد خالد توÙ�يق
Life

World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.