Quotes About Contentment

It is good to live like this. Once you are ready to die, you do not suffer so badly from the horror.

I think most of us tell ourselves we don't want what we think we can't have just to make life bearable.

I think most of us tell ourselves we don't want what we think we can't have just to make life bearable.

I am single and not looking to be in a relationship.

But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

I love acting. It's my playground, it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

If your goal is to be the biggest movie star in the world, a 10-movie contract is gold. It was never my goal. Up until now, I made movies - and I have a nice house, a nice car. I'm fortunate, happy and grateful. Life is good.

Everybody wants to be the man at the top. Not me. I'm happy in the middle. That's where the crowd is. And where there's a crowd, there's usually a party.

She remembered something that am old boyfriend had said to her. One that she didn't want to let go of at the time. One person can't be happy enough for the both of us

I don't mind not being cool.

Maybe the only two good things about getting older is the waning of want and no fear of loneliness.

once was enough.

Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die.

The true source of happiness is within each of us.

Do you know? What the fuck do women want? l know what you want: everything.

She picked up the lazy cat. "I'll just hang out down here with Cat-Mandu.

In fact, the idea of being locked in a small room seemed kind of comforting. Almost womblike in a strange way.

Ci abituiamo di nuovo a dormire tranquilli. Viviamo senza risparmiarci, come ce ne fosse anche troppa di questa strana sostanza ch'è la vita, come se non dovesse avere mai fine.

Che altro se non tempo, fertilità del suolo, morìa di bestie, malattie - volevo strappare la gente al circolo dentro cui era inserita? Dentro cui stava bene, non cercava nient'altro? Al che io, scattando: perché non conosce niente altro. Perché c'è qualcuno che lascia alla gente solo questa specie di domande.

nstead of running out of the office when her work was done, she'd gone to the ladies' room and taken her time, brushing the frizz out of her auburn hair, and (for once) paying attention to her makeup. It must have worked, because Junior, the bar's amiable, three-hundred-pound bouncer, nearly popped his uneven teeth when he saw her. "Marry me, Harper McClain," he pleaded. "I know I can make you happy." "I'm married to my job, Junior,

Simon périssait de tristesse, c'est évident, mais en même temps, la vie qu'il menait, depuis si longtemps, cette vie d'ingénieur, j'ose à peine le dire, semblait parfaitement lui convenir. La prétendue vocation nous trompe tout le temps. J'en said quelque chose. On pense être fait pour telle chose. On est fait pour telle autre. Et encore, pas sûr.

Nur wer vor 1789 gelebt hat, weiss, wie angenehm das Leben sein kann

Das ist natürlich etwas schwierig zu erklären, aber es ist ein bisschen so, als finde man seinen Platz in der Welt. Es ist kein Sog mehr, kein Ohnmächtigwerden angesichts des Lebens, das neben einem so abläuft, sondern ein Stillsein. Ja, genau das ist es: Ein Stillsein. Die Stille.

Schön eigentlich alles, was man mit Liebe betrachtet. (Sebenarnya segalanya itu indah, selama manusia melihatnya dengan cinta).