Quotes About Life

Goddess," Vasiht'h whispered, feeling cold all over. "What have I gotten involved in?" "Nothing less than the life or death struggle of an entire race," Sediryl said, lifting her parasol back to her shoulder. "Exciting isn't it?

I had become comfortable with my own numbness; to suddenly remember I was male and not yet dead was a nuisance.

No amount of photography could replace the memories of a life lived, of lives observed and known, of lives elaborated in the mind and on the page.

Anyone who tells you her life is like a book has either been reading some bad books or is not being straight with you or herself about her life.

Would you rather be hungry or dead?

The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little. You've done well, and honorably.

The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little. You've done well, and honourably.

The lines change. Did you know that? Destiny is not fixed. It's a probable path, but life alters it. Otherwise, how boring life would be, non?

before there was a death there had been a life, and before that life a death and that there would be a life after this death too. The circles would continue on without end and everyone who was once connected would be connected again.

Sometimes I think we spend too much time trying to figure out the how of things - the war, man's inhumanity, destiny, genius....one simple kiss that the whole world fits into. All that matters is that we try to live the best things and turn our backs on the worst.

When I remember my despair now, and I do remember it, what surprises me still is that I survived it. That is the mystery of our lives. That we do survive the unthinkable. We overcome the unimaginable.

you have to understand that a writer's job is to make their story as dramatic as possible. Yes, stories are recreations of real life, but no one lives one lifetime with all the tragedy that a Russian writer can cram into a novel.

We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand…and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it's too late. —MARIE BEYNON

Happiness comes not only from moment-to-moment enjoyment of life, but also from the sense of satisfaction and flow that arises when we are using our capacities to their fullest.

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.''*"Victory is for those who can say "Victory is mine". Success is for those who can begin saying "I will succeed" and say "I have succeeded" in the end.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

You'll never hear interesting stories if you don't ask questions. And there are interesting stories everywhere. Even the most boring person has one interesting story.

Strangely enough, doctors and nurses noted that activity actually prolonged life, when it should have shortened it. Those who lay down and tried to conserve energy often were the ones who trailed off and died first.

It does not take long to die, nor to kill. A life is present or absent, and it is an instant passed between those extremities.

Though day, the crickets called in the grass; my mother's singing rose from the camp. I lifted my arms; I could not help it. The breeze itself was warm; the islands soft with moss; the loons calling melancholy in forgotten bays; and Life in all its operations seemed unspeakably generous.

They're all sitcom openers." "What?" "Everything I think of when I think of really living, living to the full – all my ideas are just the opening credits of sitcoms. See what I mean? My idea of life, it's what happens when they're rolling the credits. My god. What am I, without the feed? It's all from the feed credits. My idea of real life.

I always thought you were someone things happened to." "What sorts of things?" "You know. I thought you led a life of risk and adventure." She shrugged. "Here's what I know: People will think that, if you have a certain kind of hair.

In those paintings, angels clustered around the living and the dead who sit peaceably on thrones, making signs with their hands. Just outside the garden walls is regular life, there are normal streets with dogs and puddles, and merchants and money changers go about their business, and farmers are working in the fields, but inside those hidden, holy spaces, these solemn people are outside of time. They are beyond hurt, beyond wounding.

I want to do the things that show you're alive. I want to eat huge meals with wine. I want to go to the zoo with you.