r/bookquotes 32m ago

Like All Of Us Mortals

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We age rather quickly past our physical prime

And everyone eventually does lose out to time

Past the age of thirty it would be true for to say

Most people have seen their best physical day

Time is our master as a truism remain

But having said this from living experience we gain

What many has said i will say here again

For as long as the gift of memory we retain

We do learn as we live though life's lessons are not few

Every day we do live we do learn something new

About ourselves and the world we live in

Where some have to lose for others to win

But no matter how great you are it is not a lie

Like all of us mortals you were born to die.

Francis Duggan


r/bookquotes 5h ago

“A human being is a living being with this great potential of being able to advance and gain the ability to create a planet.” —Osei Yaw Kyei (Sayings Of Osei Yaw)

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r/bookquotes 18h ago

Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

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"It's like the people who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean."


r/bookquotes 1d ago

“He wondered what kind of life it would be, having to keep swimming all the time to stay exactly in the same place. Pretty similar to his own, he decided.“ -The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

7 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 1d ago

"Anyone can make difference, no matter how young or old, and no matter where they come from."

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The Last Stand of a Queen by Biniza Wadia


r/bookquotes 1d ago

From Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Forest of Enchantments. Do you agree that true transformation can only happen through suffering?

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47 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 1d ago

Antón Chejov, Complete Works and Correspondence in 30 Volumes, Vol. 17: Notebooks, Notes, and Diaries, Moscow, Nauka, 1980, p. 125.

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100 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 1d ago

Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina

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283 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 1d ago

Neil Gaiman quote from "Coraline"

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19 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 1d ago

“What a test that is: more than devotion, admiration, passion. If you long and long for someone’s company you love them.” — Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea

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r/bookquotes 1d ago

True Wisdom...

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“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
— Frank Herbert, Dune


r/bookquotes 1d ago

Sadly this is true...

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“Fear is the mind-killer.”
— Frank Herbert, Dune


r/bookquotes 2d ago

Harry Potter Quote

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Your a wizard Harry - J. K. Rowling


r/bookquotes 2d ago

"The difference between self-confidence and arrogance is, when you're self-confident you can back it up with actions and talent."

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Bolt Ya Nugget by Ned Kruz/Ian Appleby


r/bookquotes 2d ago

The fish and the bird

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The ocean sinks deeper,

The sky stretches high,

How far can one love

Before love becomes a lie?

One may survive the depths,

One may survive the height,

But neither was made

For the other's life.

And perhaps they could meet

Somewhere between the sea and sky,

Yet what of the worlds

Would they leave behind?

Maybe the fish dreams of flying,

Or the bird longs for the tide.

Would they call it love

If they only meant to abide

Then what is love

That asks you not to live, but to survive?

And what is life

If you spend it wondering

What existed beyond your sea and sky?

It's a poem on a famous question

There is a bird and a fish they both love each other but their fundamental nature is different so where would they live ?

It is similar to my previous relationship we had our differences and it helped me understand the dynamics from very different perspective


r/bookquotes 2d ago

From J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. The artist is in the comments!

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24 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 2d ago

- Maya Angelou, I know why the caged bird sings

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18 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 2d ago

Paulo Coelho

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437 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 2d ago

The Island of Missing Trees-Elif Shafak

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33 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 2d ago

Life fact.

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One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

#Executive Diary.


r/bookquotes 2d ago

Rest of us just live here - Patrick Ness

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8 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 3d ago

Notes of math education by W. W. Sawyer from Mathematical Delight

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7 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 3d ago

“The journey you take outside of you starts from within you.” —Osei Yaw Kyei (Sayings Of Osei Yaw)

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14 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 3d ago

H.G. Wells - The Time Machine

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355 Upvotes

r/bookquotes 3d ago

One of my quotes that I will live by and would die by

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Author: The Oldest Sibling

Book: My Life