Best Book Quotes

“Learning to read is one of the most extraordinary gifts you'll ever receive, so open up God's Word and read the most extraordinary book ever written.”
― J.E.B. Spredemann

“We stood in the wings together, side by side. Reed's mouth was still agape.
"It makes sense when you think about it," I mused. "You get two people together who have you-know-what, and sparks are going to fly."
Reed's cue was about to start. He pointed at me and said, "Tonight. There's a party. And we're going to talk."
"Yes"
"Because this is crazy."
"Totally."
"Okay. Well." He tugged a strand of my hair. "Good luck out there."
"You're not supposed to say that."
"Fine. How about..." He squinted at me. "Here's looking at you kid."
The smile melted off my face. "What did you say?"
"It's a line. From a movie." He shrugged and burst onto the stage with a hee-haw.
It was a line. From Casablanca. The same line KARL had said to me when I was Elsa. The same like Karl didn't recognize when I said it to him as Floressa. Which meant... nothing. Right? Lots of people know that line. Just because Reed said it, and Reed was a sub, it didn't mean he was... he was...
"You're on," the stage manager whispered.
I stumbled onto the stage. The lights were too bright. The theater was packed. Reed gave me a quick, crooked smile, and I knew.
My crush on Karl was less complicated than I thought, because it wasn't Karl I'd been with that day in the garden.
Now my crush on Reed... ?
THAT was a scandal all on its own.”
― Lindsey Leavitt, The Royal Treatment

“Love can’t exist without fear. If the thought of losing someone does not scare you, then it’s not love.”
― Ved Nishad, I Lost My Soul

“You are intensely desirable to the one who matters most; God, the throbbing center of love which holds the universe together. All other desires are watery reflections of that pure potency.”
― Suzanne DeWitt Hall, Sex With God: Meditations on the sacred nature of sex in a post-purity-culture world

“If you haven't read 'I LOST MY SOUL,'
You haven't read any book.”
― Ved Nishad, I Lost My Soul

“Letting go of my love was not easy for me. I felt I was torn apart into two.”
― Ved Nishad, I Lost My Soul

“When things do not happen the way we want, then we assume a miracle to happen.”
― Ved Nishad, I Lost My Soul

“One of the best feelings in the world is reading a review by a complete stranger saying that your book is one of the best they've ever read.”
― Johnny Moscato, The Project

“I wanted a steady hand to hold me forever and a kind soul who could love me. I wanted to fall asleep and wake up knowing my heart was safe.”
― Ved Nishad, I Lost My Soul