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Best Classics I've read
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items A collection of books that will linger in your thoughts long after you've turned the last page. Each masterpiece on this list has left an indelible mark on me, and I'm thrilled to share these literary treasures with you! (will be updating the list wh...
Immerse yourself in the profound wisdom of timeless classics and discover worlds that transcend the confines of their pages. As you explore these literary gems, I've sprinkled in my favorite quotes to ignite your curiosity and kindle a desire to delv...
Happy reading!
Immerse yourself in the profound wisdom of timeless classics and discover worlds that transcend the confines of their pages. As you explore these literary gems, I've sprinkled in my favorite quotes to ignite your curiosity and kindle a desire to delv...
Happy reading!
the most beautiful sad book ever
“In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end but a process through which one person attempts to ...
“In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end but a process through which one person attempts to ...
Stoner (New York Review Books Classics)
novel that will tear your heart apart
“…the best is only bought at the cost of great pain... or so says the legend.”
“…the best is only bought at the cost of great pain... or so says the legend.”
The Thorn Birds a book by Colleen McCullough
main character you will love to hate
“I'll try again tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is another day!”
“I'll try again tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is another day!”
Gone with the Wind|
love story you will never forget
Wuthering Heights ~Whatever our souls are made of his and mine are the same
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
“I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.”
Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
“Living every day in the presence of those who refuse to acknowledge your humanity takes great courage.”
Pachinko, Min Jin Lee
“You said to write about what disturbs me, particularly if it bothers no one else.”
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel, Ray Bradbury
book every YA is going to love
~ When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn’t know.
"Oh, sure you know," the photographer said. "She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything.”
~ When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn’t know.
"Oh, sure you know," the photographer said. "She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything.”
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
"A woman's opinion, however humble she may be, is always worth listening to"
The Ladies' Paradise, Emile Zola
“When people settle their accounts, guilt is easy to find, and justice is the right to do whatever we think must be done, and therefore justice can be anything.”
Death and the Dervish, Meša Selimović
“I was a romantic and sentimental creature, with a tendency towards solitude.”
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
if you love magic realism or want to get into it, this is where you should start from
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and str...
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and str...
The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafron
“Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.”
Beloved - Toni Morrison
“The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.”
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
I got into the reading because of this book! Made me cry so hard when I was a kid.
“I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it and mean to astonish you all someday.”
“I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it and mean to astonish you all someday.”
Little Women and Other Novels, Louisa May Alcott
“How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
“Who says life is fair, where is that written?”
The Princess Bride, William Goldman
what would the list be without this one?
“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”
“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
“I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be.”
The Joke, Milan Kundera
“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
“Sometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation.”
The Green Mile, Stephen King
“The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”
Murder On The Orient Express, Agatha Christie