Words That Stay: Literary Quotes That Shape the Soul

Every novel has its own beauty. Quotes are not just sentences but about the feeling or emotions stored in it. 

Quotes are the heart of novels. A novel is not just about story lines but about the words that stay in heart and leave an impact on overall personality. Every novel has its own beauty. Quotes are not just sentences but about the feeling or emotions stored in it. 

Here are the Top Literary Quotes with Meaning from Top Novels 

“When I visit the past now, it is for wisdom and experience, not for regret or shame. I don’t attempt to erase it, only to accept it. Whatever my physical circumstances are today, I will deal with them and remain present. If I fall, I will rise up. As for the future, I haven’t been there yet. I only know that I have one. Until I don’t. The last thing we run out of is the future.” – Michael J. Fox, No Time Like the Future

Meaning: With this statement, Michael J. Fox has stated that one should accept the past as well; the past has nothing to do with regret. No person should try to forget the past as the past holds wisdom and alot of experience. About the present one should have a positive attitude that if any problem arrives, I am ready to solve it. One must have hope and confidence in oneself. For the future he says that the future is not where I’m front right now, it still has to cross the path, So live in the present. 

“Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.” – Patti Smith, Just Kids” There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he forever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.” – Herman Melville, Moby Dick

Meaning: In this testament Herman Melville says that the sorrow of a person has dual nature. There can either be wisdom or madness in someone’s sorrow. Either one can learn or one can destroy themselves. He states that the souls that are profound and deal with a lot of hardships can give a different perspective. 

“Passion is… it’s fire. And fire is great, man. But we’re made of water. Water is how we keep living. Water is what we need to survive. My family was my water. I picked water. I’ll pick water every time.” – Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

Meaning: In this quote Taylor Jenkins says that in the race of life the essential part is to have the support of family which sustains the human being even when the passion does not stay and support.

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