Beloved Quotes from Books and Characters and the Authors who imagined them
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A
- 12 Angry Men
- Acquainted with the Night
- Across the River and into the Trees
- Advice to Little Girls
- After Apple-Picking
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- All I Really Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- All's Well That Ends Well
- All the Bright Places
- All the Light We Cannot See
- All the Pretty Horses
- All The Wrong Questions #1: "Who Could That Be at This Hour?"
- All The Wrong Questions #2: "When Did You See Her Last?"
- Anam Cara
- Ancient Egyptian Proverbs
- An Ideal Husband
- Animal Farm
- Annabel Lee
- Anna Karenina
- Anne of Green Gables
- Anthem
- Antigone
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- As a Man Thinketh
- As I Lay Dying
- As You Like It
- Atlas Shrugged
- Austenland
- The Abolition of Man
- The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
- The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
- The Adventure of the Crooked Man
- The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The Alchemist
- The American Scholar
- The Art of War
- The Awakening
B
- Band of Brothers
- Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
- Because I Could Not Stop for Death
- Because of Winn-Dixie
- Becoming
- Beloved
- Beowulf
- Between the World and Me
- Beyond Good and Evil
- Birches
- Black Beauty
- Bossypants
- Brave New World
- Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Bridge to Terabithia
- Brisingr
- Bud, Not Buddy
- The Bascombe Valley Mystery
- The Beatrice Letters
- The beatrice letters
- The Beautiful and Damned
- The Bell Jar
- The Bells (Poem)
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- The Best of Me
- The BFG
- The Bible
- The Black Cat
- The Blank Book (A Series of Unfortunate Events Journal)
- The Book of Awakening
- The Book of Five Rings
- The Book Thief
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- The Boys in the Boat
- The Brain that Changes Itself
- The Brave Tin Soldier
- The Butterfly
C
- A Christmas Carol
- Candide
- Catch-22
- Catching Fire
- Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
- Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
- Charlotte's Web
- Christmas Trees
- City of Girls
- Civil Disobedience
- Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
- Common Sense
- Confessions of a Shopaholic
- Coraline
- Crazy Love
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Crime and Punishment
- C.S. Lewis Quotes about Joy
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- The Call of the Wild
- The Candy Shop War
- The Cask of Amontillado
- The Catcher in the Rye
- The Cat In The Hat
- The Children of Húrin
- The Choice
- The Chosen
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- The Civil War: A Narrative
- The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
- The Collected Letters Of C.S. Lewis
- The Communist Manifesto
- The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
- The Complete Sherlock Holmes
- The Conduct of Life
- The Constitution of the United States of America
- The Copper Breeches
- The Cost of Discipleship
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- The Crucible
- The Cruel Prince
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
D
- A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law
- A Dog's Purpose
- A Doll's House
- Danny the Champion of the World
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
- Darth Plagueis
- David Copperfield
- Dead Poets Society
- Dear Evan Hansen
- Death of a Salesman
- Democracy in America, Volume I
- Democracy in America, Volume II
- Divergent
- Doctor Marigold
- Don Quijote
- Don Quixote
- Down and Out in Paris and London
- Dracula
- Dragonwings
- Dreams From My Father
- Dune
- Dust of Snow
- The Declaration of Independence
- The Diary of a Young Girl
- The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
E
- East of Eden
- Eat, Pray, Love
- Eclipse
- Edgar, son of Glouchester
- Educated: A Memoir
- Eldest
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- Eleanor & Park
- Ella Enchanted
- Emma
- Ender's Game
- Enna Burning
- Eragon
- Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961
- Esperanza Rising
- Every Thing On It
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Essential Rumi
F
- A Farewell to Arms
- Fablehaven
- Fablehaven #2: Rise of the Evening Star
- Fahrenheit 451
- Falling Up
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Faust
- Fern-seed and Elephants, and Other Essays on Christianity
- Fight Club
- Fire and Ice
- Firefly Lane
- Flipped
- Flowers for Algernon
- Following the Equator
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
- Frankenstein
- Frederick Douglass: Forever Free
- Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings
- Freedom from Tyranny of the Urgent
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
- The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
- The Fault in Our Stars
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Fir Tree
- The Five Orange Pips
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- The Fountainhead
- The Four Loves
G
- A Game of Thrones
- A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Good Man is Hard to Find
- A Grief Observed
- Game of Thrones
- Gathering Leaves
- Gift from the Sea
- Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
- Girlboss
- Girl, Interrupted
- Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
- Godfather
- God in the Dock
- Gone Girl
- Gone with the Wind
- Graceling
- Great Expectations
- Great Sonnets
- Green Eggs and Ham
- Grief Observed
- Gulliver's Travels
- The Gift of the Magi
- The Gifts of Imperfection
- The Giver
- The Giving Tree
- The Glass Castle
- The Gold Bug
- The Goldfinch
- The Good Earth
- The Goose Girl
- The Grapes of Wrath
- The Great Divorce
- The Great Gatsby
- The Guardian
H
- Hamilton: The Revolution
- Hamlet
- Happy Birthday to You!
- Hard Times
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Healing the Shame that Binds You
- Heart of Darkness
- Heidi
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- He's Just Not That Into You
- Hidden Figures
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- Hinds's Feet on High Places
- Hinds's Feet on High Places
- Hiroshima
- His Last Bow
- History of the Peloponnesian War
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Holes
- Homage to Catalonia
- Hop On Pop
- Horseradish
- Horton Hears a Who
- Howl's Moving Castle
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
- How to Win Friends and Influence People
- Hyla Brook
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- The Handmaid's Tale
- The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
- The Hate U Give
- The Help
- The Hobbit
- The Host
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- The House at Pooh Corner
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
- The Hunger Games
I
- I Am Malala
- I Can Read With My Eyes Shut
- If I Stay
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
- Inferno
- Inheritance
- In Memoriam
- In the Way of the Superior Man
- Into the Wild
- Into Thin Air
- Invisible Man
- I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame
- The Iliad
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- The Importance of Being Earnest
J
L
- 48 Laws of Power
- A Letter to My Daughter
- A Light in the Attic
- A Little Princess
- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
- Lafcadio
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
- Leaves of Grass
- Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Les Miserables
- Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Letter from J.R.R Tolkien to C.S. Lewis
- Letters from the Earth
- Letters to a Young Poet
- Letters to Malcolm
- Leviathan
- Life As We Knew It
- Life of Pi
- Little Women
- Lonsome Dove
- Looking for Alaska
- Lord of the Flies
- Love Poems and Sonnets
- Love You Forever
- The Language of Letting Go
- The Last Unicorn
- The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
- The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- The Little Match-Seller
- The Little Mermaid
- The Little Prince
- The Longest Ride
- The Lorax
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Lord of the Rings: Appendix A
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- The Lump of Coal
M
- A Man for All Seasons
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- A Monster Calls
- Macbeth
- Man in the Iron Mask
- Mansfield Park
- Man's Search for Meaning
- Mary Poppins
- Masnavi
- Matched
- Matilda
- Measure for Measure
- Me Before You
- Meditations
- Mein Kampf
- Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
- Mere Christianity
- Message in a Bottle
- Milk and Honey
- Mistborn: The Final Empire
- Moby Dick
- Moby Dick; or, The Whale
- Mockingjay
- Mowing
- Muad'Dib: The Ninety-Nine Wonders of the Universe
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Mugby Junction
- Murder on the Orient Express
- My Antonia
- My Bondage and My Freedom
- My Sister's Keeper
- The Magician's Nephew
- The Martian
- The Mastery of Love
- The Maze Runner
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue
- The Musgrave Ritual
N
O
- Odyssey
- Of Mice and Men
- Oh, the Places You'll Go!
- Oliver Twist
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
- On the Road
- Othello
- Our Mutual Friend
- Outliers
- Outsiders
- The Old Man and the Sea
- The Once and Future King
- The Optimist Creed
- The Origin of Species
- The Over-Soul
P
- A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Paper Towns
- Paradise Lost
- Persuasion
- Peter Pan
- Phantom of the Opera
- Phantom Tollbooth
- Pictures from Italy
- Pigs In The Parlor: A Handbook For Deliverance From Demons and Spiritual Oppression
- Pilgrim's Progress
- Pooh's Little Instruction Book
- Portrait of a Lady
- Power of Positive Thinking
- Practical Magic
- Pride and Prejudice
- Prince and the Pauper
- PS, I Love You
- Pudd'nhead Wilson
- The Pearl
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- The Poisonwood Bible
- The Polar Express
- The Portable Frederick Douglass
- The Power of Now
- The Power of One
- The Prince
- The Princess Bride
- The Problem of Pain
- The Purloined Letter
- The Pursuit of God
- The Puzzling Puzzles: Bothersome Games Which Will Bother Some People (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
R
- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
- A Return to Love
- A River Runs Through It
- A Rose for Emily
- Rebecca
- Reluctance
- Republic
- Richard III
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad
- Rising Strong
- River Runs Through It
- Roger Was a Razor Fish
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
- The Raven
- The Red Badge of Courage
- The Rescue
- The River of Winged Dreams
- The Road
- The Road Not Taken
- The Rose that Grew from Concrete
S
- A Separate Peace
- A Series of Unfortunate Events #10: The Slippery Slope
- A Series of Unfortunate Events #11: The Grim Grotto
- A Series of Unfortunate Events #12: The Penultimate Peril
- A Series of Unfortunate Events #13: The End
- A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning
- A Series of Unfortunate Events #3: The Wide Window
- A Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy
- A Servant to Servants
- A Severe Mercy
- A Study in Scarlet
- Safe Haven
- Sarah's Key
- Seabiscuit: An American Legend
- Self-Reliance and Other Essays
- Sense and Sensibility
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens
- Siddhartha
- Silent Spring
- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- Society and Solitude
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Quotes
- Song of Myself
- Sonnet CXIX
- Sonnet CXLI
- Sonnet CXLVII
- Sonnet CXVI
- Sonnet CXX
- Sonnet CXXV
- Sonnet CXXVIII
- Sonnet CXXXII
- Sonnet CXXXIII
- Sonnet CXXXI
- Sonnet CXXXI
- Sonnet CXXXIX
- Sonnet CXXX
- Sonnet CXXXVII
- Sonnet CXXXVIII
- Sonnet I
- Sonnet III
- Sonnet VIII
- Sonnet XIX
- Sonnet XVII
- Sonnet XVIII
- Speak
- Stardust
- Stargirl
- Stars
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
- Story People: Selected Stories & Drawings of Brian Andreas
- Strength To Love
- Swiss Family Robinson
- The Scarlet Letter
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- The Screwtape Letters
- The Secret
- The Secret Garden
- The Secret Life of Bees
- The Shack
- The Shape of Water
- The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Sign of the Four
- The Sneetches and Other Stories
- The Storyteller's Secret
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- The Stranger
- The Sun Also Rises
- The Sun and Her Flowers
T
- A Tale of Two Cities
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Talmud
- Taming of the Shrew
- Tender Is the Night
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- There's a Wocket in My Pocket!
- The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
- The Tempest
- The Things They Carried
- The Three Musketeers
- The Time Traveler's Wife
- The True Believer
- The Twits
- They Thought They Were Free: The Germans
- Things Fall Apart
- This Side Of Paradise
- Three Weeks With My Brother
- Through the Looking Glass
- Thus Spake Zarathustra
- To All The Boys I've Loved Before
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Tom Sawyer Abroad
- Torah
- Treasure Island
- Truman Capote
- Tuck Everlasting
- Tuesdays with Morrie
- Twelfth Night
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- Twilight
U
W
- A Walk to Remember
- A Wrinkle in Time
- The Weight of Glory
- The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
- The Witches
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Waiting for Godot
- Walden
- Walk Two Moons
- War and Peace
- Watership Down
- We Bought a Zoo
- We Should All Be Feminists
- What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
- When Breath Becomes Air
- When Things Fall Apart
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- Where the Forest Meets the Stars
- Where the Red Fern Grows
- Where the Sidewalk Ends
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Wherever You Go There You Are
- White Fang
- Who Is Mark Twain?
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Wild at Heart
- Winnie the Pooh
- Women Who Run With the Wolves
- Wonder
- Wuthering Heights
Y
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