Book Quotes

What is the true price of eternal youth when decoupled from morality? Oscar Wilde’s provocative novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, explores this question through a dark tale shimmering with wit and philosophical paradox. Set in fin-de-siècle London, the narrative follows the captivating Dorian Gray, who, under Lord Henry Wotton’s hedonistic philosophies, wishes for his […]

He’s shady, sentimental, and possesses cufflinks made of human molars. Meyer Wolfsheim is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most unforgettable minor characters in The Great Gatsby. As Jay Gatsby’s business associate and the man rumored to have fixed the 1919 World Series, Wolfsheim represents the dark, criminal underworld tethered to Gatsby’s immense fortune. His appearances

What does survival look like when your identity is forbidden? Margaret Atwood’s harrowing novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, throws us into the oppressive Republic of Gilead through the eyes of Offred, a Handmaid stripped of her past. These 39 The Handmaid’s Tale quotes with page numbers (Anchor Books 1998 ed.) trace her path through state control,

How does one survive when forced to betray everything under a watchful dictatorship? Ruta Sepetys’s gripping novel, I Must Betray You, plunges into 1989 Communist Romania through the eyes of teenager Cristian Florescu. Coerced into becoming an informer for the feared Securitate, Cristian navigates a treacherous world of secrets and suspicion. These 44 I Must

How does the raw, untamed power of the natural world shape ambition, offer solace, and mirror the turbulent inner lives of its characters in Mary Shelley’s iconic novel? In Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818 text), Nature is a dynamic, multifaceted presence. Shelley masterfully employs Romantic and Gothic traditions to portray landscapes that inspire awe

Meet Max Vandenburg, the “Jewish fist fighter” whose struggle for survival defines courage in Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief. Hidden in a basement on Himmel Street, his life entangles deeply with Liesel Meminger’s. Haunted by guilt yet fueled by a defiant spirit, Max battles nightmares, writes powerful stories over pages of hate, and finds solace