This php code uses simple_html_dom to scrap quotes along with their authors from Goodreads to a MYSQL database.

Extract quotes from goodreads

<?php
include('config.php');
include('simple_html_dom.php');
if(!empty($_POST['name']) && !empty($_POST['number']))
{
$cat=$_POST['name'];
$no=$_POST['number'];
for($i=1;$i<$no;$i++)
{
$url="http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/".$cat."?page=".$i;
$html= file_get_html($url);
foreach($html->find('.quote') as $quote) {
foreach($quote->find('.quoteText') as $text)
{
    $a=trim($text->innertext);
    $quotetext= str_replace("&rdquo;","",trim(substr($a,0,strpos($a,'<br>')),"&ldquo;"));
    foreach($text->find('a') as $authors)
    {
        $author= $authors->plaintext;
    }
}
foreach($quote->find('.greyText') as $tags)
{
    $tag= substr(trim($tags->plaintext),6);
    $tag=preg_replace('/\s+/', '', $tag);
}
foreach($quote->find('.right') as $likes)
{
    $like=substr(trim($likes->plaintext),0,strlen(trim($likes->plaintext))-6);
}
mysql_query("INSERT INTO quotes(quote,author,tags,category,likes) VALUES('$quotetext','$author','$tag','$cat','$like')");
}
}
}
else
{
    echo "Invalid command";
}
?>