Top 200 Fiction Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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2. “But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”

— William Shakespeare

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3. “Not all who wander are lost.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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4. “You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”

— John Green

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5. “Get busy living or get busy dying.”

— Stephen King

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6. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.”

— Stephen King

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7. “In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

— Douglas Adams

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8. “Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”

— Stephen King

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9. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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10. “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”

— George R.R. Martin

Also featured in: Empowering Quotes, Identity Quotes, Character Quotes, Individuality Quotes

11. “In the end, we’ll all become stories.”

— Margaret Atwood

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12. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

— Charles Dickens

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13. “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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14. “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

— Stephen King

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15. “Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”

— Douglas Adams

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16. “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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17. “Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

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18. “From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Meaningful Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Epic Quotes

19. “A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.”

— Neil Gaiman

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20. “Who is John Galt?”

— Ayn Rand

21. “There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”

— Frank Herbert

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22. “There's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”

— Stephen King

23. “May the Force be with you.”

— George Lucas

Also featured in: Character Quotes, Space Quotes, Adventure Quotes, Hero Quotes

24. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

— Jane Austen

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25. “Above all shadows rides the sun.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Quotes About Hope, Creative Quotes, Sun Quotes

26. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

— Charles Dickens

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27. “Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.”

— William Shakespeare

Also featured in: Love Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Love Life Quotes

28. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

— George Orwell

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29. “And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”

— Stephen Chbosky

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Quotes About Feelings, Creative Quotes, Moving Quotes

30. “Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”

— Neil Gaiman

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31. “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Epic Quotes, Creative Quotes

32. “That which is dreamed can never be lost, can never be undreamed.”

— Neil Gaiman

Also featured in: Quotes About Dreams, Dream Big Quotes, Imagination Quotes

33. “When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.”

— George R.R. Martin

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34. “Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.”

— George R.R. Martin

Also featured in: Fear Quotes, Hero Quotes

35. “I will hurt you for this. I don’t know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you’ll know the debt is paid.”

— George R.R. Martin

Also featured in: Suffering Quotes, Hurt Quotes, Darkness Quotes

36. “Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better feeling. A soul mate is someone who understands you like no other, loves you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact that for some, love lives on even after we’re gone.”

— Cecelia Ahern

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37. “The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to be muscular, which means it must be exercised in a disciplined way, day in and day out, by writing, failing, succeeding and revising.”

— Stephen King

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38. “We are now cruising at a level of two to the power of twenty-five thousand to one against and falling, and we will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure what is normal anyway.”

— Douglas Adams

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39. “You’re a wizard, Harry.”

— J.K. Rowling

Also featured in: Famous Movie Quotes, Magic Quotes

40. “Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!”

— Dr. Seuss

Also featured in: New Beginnings Quotes, Graduation Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes

41. “Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.”

— J.K. Rowling

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42. “Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.”

— Stephen King

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43. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

44. “Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Journey Quotes

45. “Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction, can be a difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There’s plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.”

— Stephen King

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46. “There’s always room for a story that can transport people to another place.”

— J.K. Rowling

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47. “A Half-Blood of the eldest gods, Shall reach sixteen against all odds And see the world in endless sleep The Hero’s soul, cursed blade shall reap A single choice shall end his days Olympus to preserve or raze.”

— Rick Riordan

48. “Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death, And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.”

— C. S. Lewis

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49. “In his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulu waits dreaming.”

— H.P. Lovecraft

50. “One word after another. That’s the only way that novels get written and, short of elves coming in the night and turning your jumbled notes into Chapter Nine, it’s the only way to do it. So keep on keeping on. Write another word and then another.”

— Neil Gaiman

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