Sometimes, a single sentence can capture an author’s entire style, voice, or worldview. From witty observations to heartbreaking truths, the greatest writers craft lines that stick in our minds long after we’ve closed the book. But here’s the challenge: can you match one powerful sentence to the author who wrote it?
In this quiz, you’ll see a memorable line — sometimes from a novel, sometimes from an essay, poem, or even a speech. Your task: pick the correct author from four options. Some will be easy if you know the classics well. Others will test your literary instincts!
Great writers each have their own unmistakable voice. Hemingway’s spare sentences, Austen’s sharp wit, Orwell’s clarity, Woolf’s lyricism, Wilde’s clever humor — the list goes on. Their words reflect not just their time and place, but their personality and worldview. Spotting an author’s unique style can be an art form in itself.
Whether you’re a seasoned reader or just love a good quiz, this game is a fun way to revisit iconic lines and test how well you know the voices behind them. Along the way, you might even discover new authors to explore! Ready to match the sentence to its author? Let’s play — and see how many you get right!
No. 1/10
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"So it goes."
Kurt Vonnegut
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
George Orwell
No. 2/10
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
George Eliot
Jane Austen
Virginia Woolf
Charlotte Brontë
No. 3/10
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Zora Neale Hurston
No. 4/10
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"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
George Orwell
Aldous Huxley
Ray Bradbury
Margaret Atwood
No. 5/10
"Not all those who wander are lost."
J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
Philip Pullman
J.K. Rowling
No. 6/10
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
William Shakespeare
Oscar Wilde
Mark Twain
Friedrich Nietzsche
No. 7/10
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"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
J.K. Rowling
Rick Riordan
Neil Gaiman
Philip Pullman
No. 8/10
"We are all fools in love."
Jane Austen
Charlotte Brontë
Leo Tolstoy
Emily Dickinson
No. 9/10
"It was a pleasure to burn."
Ray Bradbury
George Orwell
Margaret Atwood
Aldous Huxley
No. 10/10
"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."