Quotes

Words worth keeping

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

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

— A.A. Milne
General

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

— L. M. Montgomery
General

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

— Alice Walker
Inspirational

All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.

— Lemony Snicket
General

Better to be strong than pretty and useless.

— Lilith Saintcrow
Inspirational Courage & Strength Women

I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

— Suzanne Collins
General

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

— William Shakespeare
General

When I am with you, we stay up all night.When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.Praise God for those two insomnias!And the difference between them.

— Rumi
Love

Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!

— Emily Brontë
Love

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

— Mark Twain
Art & Beauty

A DEFINITION NOT FOUNDIN THE DICTIONARYNot leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children

— Markus Zusak
Love Family

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

— Thomas Mann
Books & Writing

Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice.

— Bill Watterson
Humor

Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.

— Lisa Schroeder
Life Love Relationships

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

— Saul Bellow
Books & Writing

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.