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Top 25 Beth Brower Quotes (2026 Update)

Beth Brower Quote: “It takes a great deal to trust the future after one is acquainted with loss.”

1. “It takes a great deal to trust the future after one is acquainted with loss.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “We all cast shadows from our past, only how difficult a thing it is to let others see them.”

2. “We all cast shadows from our past, only how difficult a thing it is to let others see them.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “The song reminded her of grief, of emotions that were simpler as a child, more straightforward, that were now taken and turned into something she was hesitant to touch but could not forget.”

3. “The song reminded her of grief, of emotions that were simpler as a child, more straightforward, that were now taken and turned into something she was hesitant to touch but could not forget.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “The idea that one could live in a world where a friend would invite you to go read in another’s library feels more dream than reality. It bodes well for my life’s prospects.”

4. “The idea that one could live in a world where a friend would invite you to go read in another’s library feels more dream than reality. It bodes well for my life’s prospects.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “But it seems that sword pierced Christ so that we always have a future. Even one different than planned.”

5. “But it seems that sword pierced Christ so that we always have a future. Even one different than planned.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “I had forgotten what it is like to live with an artist. The unexpected pauses over what might be considered mundane to most.”

6. “I had forgotten what it is like to live with an artist. The unexpected pauses over what might be considered mundane to most.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “We cannot always predict the outcomes of our actions, Miss Lion, however well intended.” I stood. “What else is life but a string of outcomes beyond our control?”

7. “We cannot always predict the outcomes of our actions, Miss Lion, however well intended.” I stood. “What else is life but a string of outcomes beyond our control?”

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Beth Brower Quote: “It’s messier than we ever imagined it to be as children,” he said. “What?” “Life.”

8. “It’s messier than we ever imagined it to be as children,” he said. “What?” “Life.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “Maybe I’m coming down with something. Like a cold, or an allergy to people in general.”

9. “Maybe I’m coming down with something. Like a cold, or an allergy to people in general.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “But love?” She made a face. “It’s an all-encompassing machine, with no parts but the weak human heart. You give everything to it with no promise of security in return.”

10. “But love?” She made a face. “It’s an all-encompassing machine, with no parts but the weak human heart. You give everything to it with no promise of security in return.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “Oh, how words love Hawkes. They wrap around the unexpected inflections of his voice, eager, offering their best cadence and lilt and soul. They know him well, and he them. Almost as if words are the one thing in his life he has never had to push away. He speaks words the way they pound in my chest. And it feels like a miracle, finding such a dear part of oneself walking around in someone else’s body.”

11. “Oh, how words love Hawkes. They wrap around the unexpected inflections of his voice, eager, offering their best cadence and lilt and soul. They know him well, and he them. Almost as if words are the one thing in his life he has never had to push away. He speaks words the way they pound in my chest. And it feels like a miracle, finding such a dear part of oneself walking around in someone else’s body.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “And I think that was the moment I began to suspect that the luck Hawkes spoke of might really only be an awareness, an awareness of grace.”

12. “And I think that was the moment I began to suspect that the luck Hawkes spoke of might really only be an awareness, an awareness of grace.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “Question: Ought I read the papers more than I do? Answer: Likely. However: Books.”

13. “Question: Ought I read the papers more than I do? Answer: Likely. However: Books.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “There is no feeling quite like finishing a book that you’ve loved. I expect to feel nothing less.”

14. “There is no feeling quite like finishing a book that you’ve loved. I expect to feel nothing less.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “Quincy and Fisher walked through all this in silence. Silence was the most common stock-in-trade between them, and the portfolio of their friendship was thick with it. So, without words, they stepped across the streets, their feet pressing the pavement with the same sounds, their toes turned just so; they knew what life was like at each other’s side. Sometimes he would speak, or she would, small offerings on the altar of their joint survival.”

15. “Quincy and Fisher walked through all this in silence. Silence was the most common stock-in-trade between them, and the portfolio of their friendship was thick with it. So, without words, they stepped across the streets, their feet pressing the pavement with the same sounds, their toes turned just so; they knew what life was like at each other’s side. Sometimes he would speak, or she would, small offerings on the altar of their joint survival.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “Does he read?” “Oh, I expect not. How else would one remain so incredibly stupid?”

16. “Does he read?” “Oh, I expect not. How else would one remain so incredibly stupid?”

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Beth Brower Quote: “Then he said, and I quote, “Either a friendship with you is the grandest thing in the world, Miss Lion, or you are delusional. Which is it?” An unfair question, I felt. Surely there is room for a degree of both?”

17. “Then he said, and I quote, “Either a friendship with you is the grandest thing in the world, Miss Lion, or you are delusional. Which is it?” An unfair question, I felt. Surely there is room for a degree of both?”

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Beth Brower Quote: “A grin is only a smile that’s fully decided to get on with it.”

18. “A grin is only a smile that’s fully decided to get on with it.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “If she could walk away, she would; her pride demanded at least that much from her. But Quincy knew that her heart beat with the rhythm of the presses in the back room, that her blood ran black with ink, and that her mind filled with reams of numbers and projections and plans. The Q was Quincy’s only vital organ, so she would play the game.”

19. “If she could walk away, she would; her pride demanded at least that much from her. But Quincy knew that her heart beat with the rhythm of the presses in the back room, that her blood ran black with ink, and that her mind filled with reams of numbers and projections and plans. The Q was Quincy’s only vital organ, so she would play the game.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “Life must be lived. And if we can enjoy some of it, so much the better.”

20. “Life must be lived. And if we can enjoy some of it, so much the better.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “If you want quality, you must work for it. You wake and you strive and you make decisions to sacrifice. An easy life will never bring the kind of satisfaction the soul craves. I despise people who lounge all day as if there weren’t more important ideas than comfort, complacency, and appetite. Stretch yourself! Be industrious! Do something!”

21. “If you want quality, you must work for it. You wake and you strive and you make decisions to sacrifice. An easy life will never bring the kind of satisfaction the soul craves. I despise people who lounge all day as if there weren’t more important ideas than comfort, complacency, and appetite. Stretch yourself! Be industrious! Do something!”

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Beth Brower Quote: “I must march forward before my desire has flown and I become one of those contented souls chained to their small routine, all the while believing themselves to be free. Don’t think I mind a routine, that’s just what I’m craving. But the right routine. My routine. Two walks a day, several hours of reading, perhaps one visit with someone I enjoy. One dinner or entertainment per week if you must, possibly two, but please let there be reading.”

22. “I must march forward before my desire has flown and I become one of those contented souls chained to their small routine, all the while believing themselves to be free. Don’t think I mind a routine, that’s just what I’m craving. But the right routine. My routine. Two walks a day, several hours of reading, perhaps one visit with someone I enjoy. One dinner or entertainment per week if you must, possibly two, but please let there be reading.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “In all actuality, Quincy knew that, when riding in a wagon, your thoughts had plenty of room to wander and move and never bump into those of your companions. But in a carriage, with its confined space, people often felt compelled to speak with one another, even when their companion didn’t wish it. And Quincy did not wish it. She thought that the truest test of humanity was riding in a coach and saying absolutely nothing to one’s traveling companions. Few, if any, had ever succeeded.”

23. “In all actuality, Quincy knew that, when riding in a wagon, your thoughts had plenty of room to wander and move and never bump into those of your companions. But in a carriage, with its confined space, people often felt compelled to speak with one another, even when their companion didn’t wish it. And Quincy did not wish it. She thought that the truest test of humanity was riding in a coach and saying absolutely nothing to one’s traveling companions. Few, if any, had ever succeeded.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “Is it immoral to marry a man solely to gain a library? And if that man happens to be tremendously good looking, is it more or less of a sin?”

24. “Is it immoral to marry a man solely to gain a library? And if that man happens to be tremendously good looking, is it more or less of a sin?”

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Beth Brower Quote: “Hawkes began slowly. “It takes a great deal to trust the future after one is acquainted with loss.” “It feels impossible, for longer than is comforting. And then too tentative to trust.” “It does. But it seems that sword pierced Christ so that we always have a future. Even one different than planned.”

25. “Hawkes began slowly. “It takes a great deal to trust the future after one is acquainted with loss.” “It feels impossible, for longer than is comforting. And then too tentative to trust.” “It does. But it seems that sword pierced Christ so that we always have a future. Even one different than planned.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “I’ve decided positivity is the Everest of virtues. You have to not only confront the dismal realities of life but choose, ofttimes, to blatantly ignore them.”

26. “I’ve decided positivity is the Everest of virtues. You have to not only confront the dismal realities of life but choose, ofttimes, to blatantly ignore them.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “While there are many things beyond our control, I’ve always thought the cruellest is that we mortals are not told when our last glance is just that.”

27. “While there are many things beyond our control, I’ve always thought the cruellest is that we mortals are not told when our last glance is just that.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “Quincy stood before the black casket, hands behind her back, a ruined pile of rusted thoughts and sharp emotions torn up and left in her empty chest.”

28. “Quincy stood before the black casket, hands behind her back, a ruined pile of rusted thoughts and sharp emotions torn up and left in her empty chest.”

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Beth Brower Quote: “I sit at the very top of a fresh month with a choice before me. One which very well may have an impact on the whole of my existence. Which book do I read next?”

29. “I sit at the very top of a fresh month with a choice before me. One which very well may have an impact on the whole of my existence. Which book do I read next?”

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