Memorable quotes from classic reads

If you are looking for some great classic reads, and in particular, take in some very powerful words, then get your hands on these classical literature novels curated by the Talekey review team.

A Room With A View

Author: E.M. Forster

Year: 1908

“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm - yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.”

Kafka On The Shore

Author: Haruki Murakami

Year: 2002

"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."

Ulysses

Author: James Joyce

Year: 1922

"History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."

The Mysterious Island

Author: Jules Verne

Year: 1874

"It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason."

London Fields

Author: Martin Amis

Year: 1989

"And meanwhile time goes about its immemorial work of making everyone look and feel like shit."

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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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