Quiz: Name the Source of That Classic Literary Quotation

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There are some passages from literature that make such an impact on us as readers that we feel an urge to quote them to others. The classic quotations below include some of the most well-known examples in literature, as well as a few that are somewhat lesser known.

Do you have what it takes to guess which book they came from? Good luck!

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
“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.”
"As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking."
“And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
“I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest.”
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
“It was a pleasure to burn.”
“The past is not dead. In fact, it’s not even past.”
“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God is Change.”
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
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