The 70 best phrases of youth books
Books are both an escape from reality and a window to gain great language skills. Thanks to reading we can increase our vocabulary, reading comprehension, discover new words and even reveal hidden talents such as writing, editing or writing. It also helps to develop creative capacity and the use of imagination for the construction or deconstruction of stories, opinions and literary criticisms.
Y books for young audiences are often the gateway to literature for many people. And in them, in addition to being able to please adults as well, there are great reflections on life.
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Great quotes from youth books
Books bring thousands of benefits and no negative consequences, beyond wishing for a world, a relationship or to be like the character you read. Therefore, it is normal that youth literature is an almost essential part of any adolescent and it is the reason to bring below the best youth book quotes to enjoy.
1. Vanity and pride are different things, although they are often used synonymously. Pride is related to the opinion we have of ourselves; vanity, with what we would like others to think of us. (Pride and prejudice)
In this novel by Jane Austen we are told that pride and vanity are feelings that, if left unchecked, can turn into a monster that consumes us and takes over our lives.
2. I know ours is screwed up. I am impulsive, I have a bad character and you sink me deeper than anyone. You act like you hate me and the next minute you need me. (Wonderful disaster)
Relationships in couples are often complicated and difficult to understand most of the time.
3. Free people will never be able to conceive what books mean to those of us who live locked up. (Ana Frank's diary)
Many people find companionship and refuge in books, difficult to find in others.
4. You don't write your life in words. You write it with actions. What you think is not important. The only thing that matters is what you do. (A monster comes to see me)
To get to know a person, look at his actions.
5. Your inability to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness. (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Death is seen as something horrible and we do not realize that there are other things worse in life.
6. I can't go back to the past because I was a different person then. (Alice in Wonderland)
This phrase from Lewis Carroll's novel focuses on highlighting that the past must be left there and lived in the present.
7. There are few reasons to tell the truth, but to lie the number is infinite. (The wind's shadow)
The lie is always present and the truth we try to silence it.
8. The attraction problem between humans is that you never know if it will be reciprocated. (Hush Hush)
When someone attracts us, there is the possibility of not being reciprocated.
9. If you are looking for perfection you will never be happy. (Anna Karenina)
Perfect beauty does not exist. If we focus on it, we will be disappointed.
10. I'm going to tell you something very important: inside, adults don't seem like adults either. On the outside they are big and inconsiderate and always seem to know what they are doing. Inside, they remain exactly the same as they have always been. (The ocean at the end of the road)
Adults believe they are always right, but they can be wrong.
11. That girl was your first love, and whatever you do, she will always be present in your heart. (Noahs diary)
The first love never forgets.
12. It is better to look at the sky than to live there. (Breakfast with diamonds)
It does not matter what circumstances we live in. Everything has a solution.
13. I wonder if the stars light up so that one day, each one can find their own. (The little Prince)
Seeing the stars is pleasant, especially if we have good company.
14. I don't know who it was, and he had no idea who I was, but I wondered for a second if he would have done the same if he had known it was me who was hiding under the mask. (August's lesson)
Sometimes what we show to others is just a mask. We hide who we really are.
15. What a treacherous thing to think that a person is more than a person. (Paper cities)
Feeling more like another person is something that does not bring anything good.
16. Smart to know that first love is never forever, but brave and desperate enough to try. (Eleanor & Park)
There are people who cling to first love, even when it is not convenient.
17. Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we lose. (The curious Case of Benjamin Button)
In life we must take advantage of the opportunities that are presented to us and forget those that we miss.
18. There are people who, the more you do for them, the less they do for themselves. (Emma)
We should not solve all the problems of others, they have to start taking care of themselves.
19. Do not ask the name of those who ask for asylum. It is precisely the person who is most in need of asylum who has the most difficulty in saying his or her name. (The Miserables)
You have to help those in need, without distinction.
20. We accept the love we think we deserve. (The advantages of being invisible)
We think that what we have is only what we deserve, even when that is not true.
21. I like you, I really like you. And I wish that kiss was the start of something. Not the end. (Fangirl)
In this novel written by Rainbow Rowell we can see that a kiss can be the beginning of a beautiful relationship or the end of it.
22. It is not good to be carried away by dreams and forget to live. (Harry potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
We cannot let dreams rule our life.
23. It is precisely the possibility of realizing a dream that makes life interesting. (The Alchemist)
Making the dream we long for possible turns life into a triumph.
24. While the heart beats, while the body and soul remain together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with will has a need to lose hope in life. (Journey to the Center of the Earth)
You always have to be hopeful, even in the most difficult moments.
25. Do not feel sorry for the dead, but for the living, and especially for those who live without love. (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
In the world there are people who live full of resentments and leave love out of their lives.
26. Your old life no longer exists. A new one has been started. Remember. Runs. Survive. (Maze Runner: run or die)
Do not stay in the past, that is useless.
27. Love is the longing of the half of ourselves that we have lost. (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
We all seek love throughout life.
28. Take my praise, take my blame, take all the success, take the failure, in short, take me. (Big hopes)
We must accept ourselves as we are, in order to be accepted by others.
29. And it is there, just at that moment, when you realize that things only happen once, and that no matter how much you strive, you will never feel the same again, you will never have the sensation of being three meters above it Darling. (Three meters over the sky)
Do not miss the important moments of life. Take advantage of every moment.
30. The world was so recent that many things lacked names, and to name them you had to point your finger at them. (One hundred years of loneliness)
There is always a new opportunity to start.
31. Few castaways can say they have survived as much at sea as Mr. Patel, and no one in the company of an adult bengal tiger. (The life of Pi)
We can face any obstacle as long as we want it with the heart.
32. You spend your whole life locked in the labyrinth thinking about how you are going to escape from there and how fabulous it will be; imagining that future keeps you alive, but you never escape. You only use the future to escape the present. (Looking for Alaska)
To be living a future that has not arrived is to lose the present time that we can still enjoy.
33. Is that, at the end of the day, what the hell does it matter who I end up with if it can't be you? (Forbidden)
We have to let go of those who do not love us.
34. The one you love and the one who loves you are never the same person. (Invisible monsters)
Sometimes we love someone who does not deserve it and we are loved by someone we do not care about.
35. You could shake the stars. You could do anything, if you just dare. And deep down, you know it too, and that's what scares you the most. (Throne of Glass)
We can do everything we set out to do. We just have to trust ourselves.
36. As I read, I fell in love with the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then suddenly. (The Fault In Our Stars)
The simple things in life are the most important.
37. I am not a bird and no net catches me. I am a free human being with an independent will. (Jane Eyre)
Freedom is a possession that we should all have.
38. The only thing that is really important, the only thing that really counts, is making sense of the own life, even if it lacks meaning, because happiness is not a goal... if not a style of lifetime. (Sorry if I call you "love)
Being happy is an option to focus on.
39. The sun is weak when it rises first, and gains strength and courage as the day progresses. (The Antique Shop)
As we learn we get stronger.
40. I will never leave you, even if you are always leaving me. (The time traveler's wife)
Living clinging to memories does not always make us happy.
41. I want to be what you are, see what you see, love what you love... You are my love and my life forever. (Dracula)
Surrendering completely to being loved is an act of the purest love.
42. Why does silence bother us so much? Why do we find relief in so much noise? (Tuesday with my old teacher)
Silence allows us to be with ourselves.
43. To define is to limit. (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
When we have a goal set, everything is easier.
44. If you want to know what a man is like, he looks at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
A man is one who respects all his fellow men equally.
45. When life offers you a dream that far exceeds any of your expectations, it is unreasonable to regret its conclusion. (Twilight)
There are dreams so big that they are difficult to achieve.
46. You consume yourself with love, right? There is nothing in the world equal to that. (Wuthering Heights)
Love is the purest feeling we can have.
47. There is nothing that occupies and ties more to the heart than love. For this reason, when it does not have weapons to govern itself, the soul sinks into the deepest of ruins. (The name of the rose)
Love binds us and disarms us at the same time.
48. To love is to destroy, and to be loved is to be destroyed. (Shadowhunters)
On many occasions love breaks us and we cannot put our pieces back together.
49. Nothing worthwhile is easy. (Message in a Bottle)
Everything that is achieved with effort is what makes us happy.
50. Keeping something to help me remember you would be admitting that I can forget you. (Romeo and Juliet)
Memories are experiences that we will always have in mind.
51. You like someone who doesn't like you, because unrequited love can be overcome in a way that unrequited love cannot. (Will Grayson)
Many times we have loved someone who does not correspond to us, we must overcome it in order to move forward.
52. He did not understand that an affectionate word, a compliment, a delicate and loving treatment that would make the small their smallness, the miserable their misery, are heroisms of more price than the leftover mess of a bad food. (Marianela)
Tokens of affection are something we all need.
53. There is nothing I would not do for the people who are my true friends. I do not love half, it is not in my nature. (Northanger Abbey)
True friends are a treasure to be cared for.
54. Joy sometimes causes a strange effect; it oppresses the heart almost as much as pain. (The Count of Monte Cristo)
Joy and pain are very similar sensations.
55. I'm so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word I'm saying. (The happy prince and other stories)
Evil can overshadow wisdom.
56. Carrying a weapon is inviting the other to shoot you. (Kill a Mockingbird)
Violence only breeds more violence.
57. Do you know why I love you? I didn't know I was lost until you found me. I didn't know how lonely I was until the first night I spent in my house without you. You're the only thing I've done right You're everything I've been waiting for. (Beautiful mess)
Having that ideal person by our side is something rewarding. Not only because of his presence, but because of how he helps us grow every day.
58. A story has no beginning and no end: one arbitrarily chooses the moment of experience from which he looks backward or forward. (The End of Romance)
In life there are moments that we have to take advantage of to be successful.
59. Don't ask me why, because I'm not even dead I'm going to tell you. I'm never going to tell you that I love you even if I love you. (Bad girl antics)
Sometimes we have a hard time showing our feelings towards other people.
60. Your thoughts are seeds, and what you harvest will depend on the seeds you plant. (The secret)
The thoughts we have will be reflected in our future.
61. An interesting fact to ponder is that human beings have been created to be a secret and a mystery to others. (The tale of two cities)
The human being is a creation full of enigmas and unknowns, many times fascinating.
62. Everyone should have true love and it should last at least a lifetime. (Under the same star)
Living next to a person who loved you above all is what we aspire to in life.
63. Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. (The Hunger Games)
Having confidence in our abilities is the appropriate way to overcome fears.
64. Face your worst fears and conquer them. (Divergent)
Fears and fears must be faced in order to throw them away.
65. I love you... Even if you're not there, even if you can't hear me. I love you. (The host)
True love knows no barriers or distances.
66. Knowing how to appreciate beauty is not the same as feeling weak. (The Hunger Games)
When we let the feelings surface, it cannot be seen as an act of weakness.
67. If I got rid of my demons, I would lose my angels. (Conversations with Tennessee Williams)
Sometimes the fears and fears that we carry within are protective barriers to avoid making mistakes.
68. Once upon a time there was an angel and a devil who fell in love but their story did not have a happy ending. (Daughter of smoke and Bone)
Good and evil are always present in life and we have to know how to differentiate them.
69. I can't die yet doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. After all, I will have a lifetime to die in. (The game of the angel)
You have to live life at all times and enjoy the "now".
70. You… you make me want to be a good person. I want to be good for you. (Despues de)
Being a good person does not obey to please others, but to do it to be proud of ourselves.