Literature plays a large role in school and in growth, especially if you're a book kid. Here are 13 of my favorite quotes from novels that I've read.

1. "Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light" -J.K. Rowling

2. "We need never be ashamed of our tears." -Charles Dickens

3. "Sometimes we get sad about things and we don't tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don't know why we are sad, so we say we aren't sad but we really are." --Mark Haddon

4. "And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

5. "As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." -John Green

6. "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Seuss

7. "Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches." --William Goldman

8. "We've all go both light and dark inside us. What matter is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." -J.K. Rowling

9. "In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart." -Anne Frank

10. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." -William Goldman

11. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." -Margaret Mitchell

12. "Stay golden, pony boy." - S.E. Hinton

13. "Always." -J.K. Rowling