Literature is a thing of beauty. As an English major, I get to spend my semesters reading some of the most beautiful literature to ever exist. Quotes from the classics can be useful for any moment in your life, whether it is for the good or the bad.
1. "All that is gold does not glitter, / Not all those who wander are lost; / The old that is strong does not wither, / Deep roots are not reached by the frost. / From the ashes a fire shall be woken, / A light from the shadows shall spring; / Renewed shall be blade that was broken; / The crownless again shall be king." - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings.
2. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist." - Oscar Wilde.
3. "I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other." - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein.
4. "Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold." - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders.
5. "The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. We have all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the power we choose to act on. That's who we really are." - Sirius Black, Harry Potter.
6. "Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar: but never doubt I love." - William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
7. "Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise." - Victor Hugo, Les Miserables.
8. "You're mad. Bonkers. Off your head...but I'll tell you a secret...all of the best people are." - Alice in Wonderland.
9. "He is more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. If all else perished and he remained, I should still continue to be, and if all else remained, and we were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger... He's always, always in my mind; not as a pleasure to myself, but as my own being." - Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights.
10. "How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams." - Bram Stoker.
11. "I hope she'll be a fool - that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." - Daisy Buchanan, The Great Gatsby.
12. "The path to paradise begins in hell." - Dante Alighieri, Dante's Inferno.
13. "For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." - Jane Eyre.
14. "Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again." - Homer, The Illiad.
15. "None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives." - Jane Austen, Persuasion.
