CITING A QUOTE FROM A BOOK MLA

To cite a quote from a book in MLA format, include the author’s last name, the page number, and the book’s title. Here are 24 examples of quotes cited in MLA style:

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”

(Austen 1). – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”

(Einstein 45). – Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do”

(Jobs 34). – Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by”

(Frost 16). – Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

“There is no friend as loyal as a book”

(Hemingway 105). – Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light”

(Rowling 423). – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”

(Roosevelt 7). – Franklin D. Roosevelt, Inaugural Address

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view”

(Lee 30). – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing”

(Melville 512). – Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

“There is nothing permanent except change”

(Heraclitus 23). – Heraclitus, Fragments

“It is better to be feared than loved”

(Machiavelli 69). – Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment”

(Emerson 74). – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson on Self-Reliance INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT SCHOOL AND EDUCATION

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing”

(Socrates 112). – Socrates, Plato’s Apology

“The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink”

(T.S. Eliot 26). – T.S. Eliot, The Sacred Wood

“To be or not to be, that is the question”

(Shakespeare, Hamlet 64). – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”

(Shakespeare, Macbeth 26). – William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet”

(Twain 79). – Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad

“The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven”

(Milton 15). – John Milton, Paradise Lost

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”

(Orwell 35). – George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”

(Hughes 52). – John Hughes, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer”

(Camus 75). – Albert Camus, Return to Tipasa

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success”

(Carnegie 94). – Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People

“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then”

(Carroll 106). – Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us”

(Fitzgerald 182). – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby