Book quote captions only work if the quote isn't on every Pinterest board already. Below: 60 lesser-used book quotes that haven't been beaten to death.

61 book quotes for instagram captions

'be glad you are here' — Mary Oliver

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'tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life' — Mary Oliver

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'the world is fuller of weeping than you can understand' — Yeats

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'and still, I rise' — Maya Angelou

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'we are all of us, stars' — Oscar Wilde

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'I am still learning' — Michelangelo

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'don't go gentle into that good night' — Dylan Thomas

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'we read to know we are not alone' — C.S. Lewis

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'every story I create, creates me' — Octavia Butler

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'all we have to decide is what to do with the time given us' — Tolkien

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'not all those who wander are lost' — Tolkien

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'I have decided to stick with love' — MLK

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'in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity' — Einstein

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'the most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself' — Wallace Stevens

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'I am, you are, we are — and that is enough' — paraphrase

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'when given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind' — Wonder

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'the brick walls are there for a reason' — Pausch

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'the wound is the place where the light enters you' — Rumi

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'maybe everyone can be great' — paraphrase

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'we are what we repeatedly do' — Will Durant

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'do not go where the path may lead' — Emerson

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'be the change you wish to see' — Gandhi

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'it always seems impossible until it's done' — Mandela

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'a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step' — Lao Tzu

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'tell the truth but tell it slant' — Dickinson

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'people will forget what you said' — Maya Angelou

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'one must imagine Sisyphus happy' — Camus

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'and so it goes' — Vonnegut

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'so it goes' — Vonnegut

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'be kind. always' — Wonder

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'we accept the love we think we deserve' — Perks

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'and in that moment, I swear we were infinite' — Perks

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'lord, what fools these mortals be' — Shakespeare

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'the play's the thing' — Shakespeare

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'all the world's a stage' — Shakespeare

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'to thine own self be true' — Shakespeare

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'I prefer my hat off' — paraphrase

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'I would prefer not to' — Bartleby

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'reader, I married him' — Jane Eyre

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'happy families are all alike' — Anna Karenina

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'it was the best of times' — Tale of Two Cities

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'call me Ishmael' — Moby Dick

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'in my younger and more vulnerable years' — Gatsby

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'so we beat on' — Gatsby

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'all happy families are alike' — Tolstoy

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'I think, therefore I am' — Descartes

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'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend your right to say it' — Voltaire

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'we are at our best when we are at our most uncertain' — paraphrase

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'the past is a foreign country' — L.P. Hartley

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'mr. darcy's pride is matched only by mr. darcy's prejudice' — paraphrase

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    'it is a truth universally acknowledged' — Pride and Prejudice

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  • 52.

    'all I want is to read books and drink coffee' — Pinterest, but accurate

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  • 53.

    'a room without books is like a body without a soul' — Cicero

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  • 54.

    'so many books, so little time' — Frank Zappa

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  • 55.

    'I cannot live without books' — Jefferson

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  • 56.

    'one day I will find the right words and they will be simple' — Kerouac

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  • 57.

    'I took the road less traveled' — Frost (yes, used to death, still good)

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  • 58.

    'two roads diverged' — Frost (alternate cut)

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  • 59.

    'the long and short of it is' — generic literary

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  • 60.

    'rain, rain, go away' — used ironically

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  • 61.

    'the dog days are over' — Florence (song, but literary feel)

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If you're posting a bookstagram photo, name the book in the caption — not just the author. Reader engagement comes from the recognition.

Frequently asked

Are book quote captions worth posting?

Yes, but pick obscure ones. 'be yourself, everyone else is taken' has been printed on enough mugs. Find a quote your followers haven't read.