Quotes

Words worth keeping

2,684 quotes — from Indian and world voices, in English, Hindi and Urdu — while our publisher catalog grows.

Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.

— Sarah Dessen
General

Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

— Rumi
Death & Loss

Investigation?" Isabelle laughed. "Now we're detectives? Maybe we should all have code names.""Good idea," said Jace. "I shall be Baron Hotschaft Von Hugenstein.

— Cassandra Clare
Humor

True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.

— Nicholas Sparks
Love Relationships

The minute I heard my first love story,I started looking for you, not knowinghow blind that was.Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.They're in each other all along.

— Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi
General

I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea.

— Nicholas Sparks
Love

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

— Max Lucado
Inspirational Love

The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

— Douglas Adams
Humor

You smell good, too,� said PatchIt’s called a shower.� I was staring straight ahead. When he didn’t answer, I turned sideways. “Soap. Shampoo. Hot water.�Naked. I know the drill.

— Becca Fitzpatrick
General

Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

— J.K. Rowling
Kindness

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

— Friedrich Nietzsche
Faith & Religion

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

— Albert Einstein
Society & Politics Wisdom

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

— Stephen King
Books & Writing

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

— Walt Disney
Inspirational

Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.

— Richelle Mead
Love Art & Beauty

World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.