The Best Quotes From The Most Read Books In History
Words on a page are like drops of rain, chosen so that our brains are filled with thoughts, chosen so that our hearts will feel a rainbow of emotions…
“And when our sorrow is healed (time heals all sorrows) you will be glad that you have known me.”
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince-
Every experience, whatever it is caused by sorrow or joy, forms a part of the soul. They paint the soul in shades that whisper who we are so people will make an effort to notice us and listen to us.
The same thing happens with people who have left a mark on our lives. Whatever it is good or bad, their company has changed our path, defined who we are, with their small but important nuances.
“Love and lust are two different things; not everything that is loved is coveted, and not everything that is coveted is loved. ”
-Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote de la Mancha-
Desire can move mountains for a moment, and love can move the mountain for life. Desire is generous in intensity and fleeting in time; love is a slowly burning fire of immeasurable strength.
With desire we ask, and with love we give; lust is a stage and love is a statement.
“It was the best time, it was the worst time, it was the time of wisdom, the time of stupidity, it was the era of faith, it was the era of skepticism, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope , it was the winter of despair… ”
-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities-
“He was able to create a scent that was not only human but superhuman, an angel’s scent, so indescribably good and important that whoever smelled it would be enchanted and love him with all his heart, Grenouille , the carrier of that fragrance. ”
-Patrick Sûskin, Perfume-
A quote that describes our need to be loved. For our concern about feeling wanted and accepted. For the security created by knowing that there is a place in the world for our eccentricities and peculiarities.
It could be exactly that perfume…
“How wonderful it is that no one has to wait a single moment to start improving the world!”
-Anne Frank, Anne Frank’s diary-
As Anne Frank says, wonderful ideas should not sit in the waiting room until they are practiced. If they do, they will become lazy and never disappear.
“There is nothing in the world, neither man nor devil nor anything, I suspect so much as love. For it penetrates the soul more than anything else. Nothing exists that fills and binds the heart as much as love does. Therefore, unless you have the weapons that dampen it, the soul falls through love into an immeasurable abyss. ”
-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose-
Love is the power that drives the most noble actions, but also the lowest actions. It has been the end and has justified too many unacceptable means, dazzled reason and subdued empathy. It has paid an unreasonable price, and in many other situations has made others who cannot afford it pay.
In doing so, love has created heroes, but also villains…
“Everything that is gold does not shine, not everyone who walks is lost.”
-JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings-
We are used to forming a first-hand impression of the people we meet. An impression that influences how we relate to them and that we will always try to explain.
For example, if we think someone is rude or unpleasant, we will say it to them in a distant way, which may make them behave remotely towards us, or if they already did, they will do it yet. more.
That’s why when it comes to humans, we could look at a treasure that just doesn’t shine because we’ve ignored the glow from the start. The same can happen the other way around…
Here are a few more quotes so you, dear reader, can share with us what they meant to you:
- “Whoever you are, or whatever you do when you really want something, it is because desire arose in the soul of the universe. That is your mission on earth. ” -Paulo Coelho, Alchemists
- “It’s a strange thing, but when you’re afraid of something and would give anything to make time go slower, it’s a bad habit to just go faster.” -JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- The world is so new that much is missing names, and to indicate them it was necessary to point. ” -Gabriel Garcia Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
- “Despite you and me and the whole crazy world falling apart around us, I love you.” – Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
- “Joy takes a strange face at times. It seems to depress us almost like grief. ” -Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
- “Suddenly she was floating down the hall, and as she passed me, her golden eyes lay in mine for a moment. Part of me must be dead. I could not breathe, and my pulse stopped beating. ” -lIsabel Allende, House of the Spirits
- “Men often go further to avoid what they fear than to achieve what they desire.” -Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code
