Ever read a line so good you had to stop and savor it? Or maybe you’ve heard a quote somewhere and thought, “Wait… what’s that from?” Well, you’re in the right place!

Welcome to Whatsthatbook.net — where the best lines from the best books live. Whether you’re hunting down that one unforgettable quote or just looking for some literary inspiration, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down, discover some gems, and maybe find your next favorite read along the way.

“It’s much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.” – Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

“We live in the flicker — may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.” –Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
– I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

“For you, a thousand times over.” – The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
– To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

“UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, and you will always look lovely.” – The Twits by Roald Dahl

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” –Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

“Find your own way, you don’t have to follow the crowd. There’s only one you in this great big world.” – Only One You by Linda Kranz

“It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.” – The Annotated Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

“And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” – Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

“Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better.” – Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

“Not trying is much worse than failing.” – A World Without Failures by Esther Pia Cordova

“Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.” – Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

“Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!” – Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

“I don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to understand things for them to be.” – A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

“How we spend our days is of course, how we spend our lives” – The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

“He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected. This fulfillment showed him the eternal error men make in imagining that their happiness depends on the realization of their desires.” – Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

“You haven’t really been anywhere until you’ve been back home. I think that’s what I mean.” – The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

“Face your fears, or they will climb over your back.” – Chapter House Dune by Herbert Frank

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” – Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes when you fall, you fly.” – The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.” – Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” – Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence

“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.” – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

“When one person suffers from delusion, it’s called insanity, when many suffer, it’s called religion” – Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” – The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” – The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass.” – The Round House by Louise Erdrich

“They say nothing lasts forever but they’re just scared it will last longer than they can love it.” – On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

“They say nothing lasts forever but they’re just scared it will last longer than they can love it.”