Thursday, December 31, 2020

Memorable quotes from classic novels

If you have read a lot of the classics then you may know some of these lines. Read on and enjoy!

The Price Of Salt

Author: Patricia Highsmith

Year: 1952

“Perhaps it was freedom itself that choked her.”

The Good Soldier

Author: Ford Madox Ford

Year: 1915

"Why can't people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing."

Middlemarch

Author: George Eliot

Year: 1874

“We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, “Oh, nothing!” Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.”

Beloved

Author: Toni Morrison

Year: 1987

“You are your best thing”

Breakfast At Tiffany's

Author: Truman Capote

Year: 1958

“Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”

The Sound And The Fury

Author: William Faulkner

Year: 1929

“Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.”

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