BEST QUOTES FROM CLASSIC NOVELS

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” – Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” – Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” – William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.” – Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” – Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” – John Green, Looking for Alaska

“It’s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings SHAKESPEARE ANNIVERSARY QUOTES

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness, it would still be dear.” – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time.” – Jack Kerouac, On The Road

“The scars that are never seen are the hardest to heal.” – Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.” – Thomas Paine, Common Sense

“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” – Charlotte Brontë, Villette

“We are all fools in love.” – Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings, The Enormous Room