It may seem simple enough, but we all know that there's a lot that goes into posting a photo on your social media account. After you've finally chosen your favourite image out of the dozens you actually took (because, yes, there are various ways to capture that gooey chocolate fondant that's sitting on your plate desperately waiting to be eaten), there's still the grueling tasks of picking the perfect filter, adjusting the brightness, and making sure the photo is not TOO saturated.
Perfect. Now you can finally post it and start waiting for those likes to --
You forgot the most crucial step of all, didn't you? A great photo is only truly great if there's a perfectly suited caption to go with it. Sometimes, you can get away with a couple of emojis or a one-word caption, but other times that's just not enough. That's where quotes come in, but it's not always easy finding the perfect one to match the feelings you want to convey through your post. So I've decided to make it slightly easier for you by creating a list of quotes from famous (and not so famous) literary masterpieces that you can use to caption your next Instagram/Facebook photo, whatever it may be of.
So without further ado, here are some awesome quotes for...
...a throwback photo.
"Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly." (Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro)
"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." (The Go-Between - L.P. Hartley)
"Time passes. Even when it seems impossible." (Twilight: New Moon - Stephenie Meyer)
...a cheesy photo of you and your one-and-only.
"Love is not an end but a process through which one person attempts to know another." (Stoner - John Williams)
"Eternity was in our lips and in our eyes." (Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare)
"I want to kiss her more than I want air." (One of Us Is Lying - Karen M. McManus)
"No one's ever loved anyone as much as I love you." (Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer)
"Fire and ice, somehow existing together without destroying each other." (Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer)
"No measure of time with you will be long enough, but we'll start with forever." (Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer)
"I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me." (Divergent: Allegiant - Veronica Roth)
"There are no rules that can bind you when you find your other half." (Twilight: Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer)
"Thank you for being my light in the darkness." (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - John Tiffany and Jack Thorne)
"Loving you has made me more than I was." (Every Breath - Nicholas Sparks)
"With us, I want to believe that anything will always be possible." (Every Breath - Nicholas Sparks)
"The destiny that matters most in life is the one concerning love." (Every Breath - Nicholas Sparks)
...a photo of that sexy cappuccino your waitress took pride in creating.
"I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now." (Little Women - Louisa May Alcott)
...a sweaty gym pic, a graduation photo, or any other post in which you're showing the world how freaking awesome your accomplishments are.
"Cowards die many times before their deaths." - (Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare)
"Things'll get worse before they get better." (One of Us Is Lying - Karen M. McManus)
"The jungle is dark but full of diamonds." (Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller)
"Survival is second nature." (The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins)
"Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling)
"To think perhaps it won't all have been for nothing!" (Endgame - Samuel Beckett)
"Without the dark, we'd never see the stars." (Twilight - Stephenie Meyer)
"Don't let the bastards grind you down." (The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood)
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling)
"Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself." (Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe)
"I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape." (Great Expectations - Charles Dickens)
...that travel photo we all wish we were posting at the moment.
"There is a world elsewhere." (Coriolanus - William Shakespeare)
"I want to travel with no footprint." (Spring - Ali Smith)
...that selfie you've been dying to post.
"If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." (The Twits - Roald Dahl)
...a sunset photo that has you contemplating all kinds of things about life.
"The simple flowers of our spring are what I want to see again." (Spring - Ali Smith)
"The sickness may spread, but so does the cure, because hope is contagious. Hope is what saves the world." (Everything Is F*cked - Mark Manson)
"Solitude sometimes is best society." (Paradise Lost - John Milton)
"To some questions, there were no answers." (The Noise of Time - Julian Barnes)
"Dream happy dreams." (Twilight: Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer)
...a photo of you and your squad being the crazy weirdos you're proud to be.
"We are all born mad. Some remain so." (Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett)
...a post commemorating a truly missed loved one.
"To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection for ever." (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling)
"She burned too bright for this world." (Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë)
"Grief is always the price we pay for love." (Every Breath - Nicholas Sparks)
...that annual birthday pic.
"Age revealed so many things about oneself." (Every Breath - Nicholas Sparks)
In case you haven't noticed, we love quotes over here at Writings on the Wall, so feel free to share your favourites with us - we're always looking for beautifully curated phrases to inspire us. Other than that, have a great week!
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