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Book Quotes I Love


Books are the best companion I have come across so far. Being reading 20 books per year (slowly increasing), I wanted to compile my favourite quotes from the books.
Following is the new Instagram page I have started for the same: @booksq 

  • "So this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I am still trying to figure out how that could be." 

  • "But the Hippocratic Oath could never be abjured. That afternoon they’d made an irreversible commitment to serve humanity and give healing comfort to the suffering. 
    Furthermore, unlike the vows made in matrimony and religion, theirs was made not to God, but to man. If renouncing God would bring perdition, they would know it only in another world. But should they fail to serve Mankind, they’d know in this one." 

    - Erich Segal (Doctors)
  • "Although it is such a singular word, there are many variations of alone. There is alone of an empty beach at twilight. There is alone of an empty hotel room. There is alone of being caught in a throng of people. There is alone of missing a particular person. And there is alone of being with a particular person and realising you are still alone."

    - David Levithan (Are We There Yet)
  • "So to back up a bit, this tape isn't about why you did what you did. It's about the repercussions of what you did. More specifically, it's about the repercussions to me. It's about those things you didn't plan - things you couldn't plan."

    - Hannah Baker (13 Reasons Why)

  • "Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever."

    - Danielle Steel (The Gift)

  • "Dreams hold something of that energy which lies at heart of all things and are the binding force that bring the spiritual and the material together"

    - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Ignited Minds)

  • "It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse"

    - Yann Martel (Life of Pi)

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