I was reading through some of my favourite quotes from some of my favourite books the other day, and I noticed that some of them were really similar to each other. Phrases that were basically saying the exact same thing but through a slightly different choice of words.
When I looked into it more, I found a very interesting list of similar quotes…
1.
“That must be love: when everything else in the world could implode and you wouldn’t care as long as you had that one person standing beside you.” – Katie McGarry, Dare You To
And
“When they’re together, the world could fall apart around them and they’d never notice or care as long as they have each other.” – Simone Elkeles, Rules of Attraction
2.
“”After all this time?”
“Always,” said Snape.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
And
“”Stay with me.”
His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. “Always,” he murmurs.” – Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
3.
“There’s always going to be bad stuff out there. But here’s the amazing thing — light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can’t stick the dark into the light.” – Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart
And
“There is no denying that there is evil in this world but the light will always conquer the darkness.” – Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability
4.
““Remember,” she whispered, “it’s only when the night is darkest that you can see the light of the stars.”” – Elizabeth Hunter, The Secret
And
“The dance between darkness and light will always remain— the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.” – C. JoyBell C., All Things Dance Like Dragonflies
5.
“Maybe I was destined to forever fall in love with people I couldn’t have.” – Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I’m Home
And
“The bottom line is that we never fall for the people we’re supposed to.” – Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper
6.
“You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world…but you do have some say in who hurts you.” – John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
And
“Some people are worth hurting for. Some aren’t. All we can do is choose wisely.” – Lexi Ryan, Something Real
7.
“Live as big as you can, with what you’ve got.” – Jill Shalvis, Instant Attraction
And
“You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” – Jojo Moyes, Me Before You