logo

Quotes About Life

Diría que algunas personas son como las constelaciones, que solo tocan la Tierra durante una Temporada
~ Madeline Miller
No passado, já pensei que os deuses eram o contrário da morte, mas agora vejo que estão mais mortos que tudo, pois são imutáveis e não conseguem segurar nada nas mãos.
~ Madeline Miller
Funny how everyday we are given choices to make in our lives. Some are just more far-reaching than others.
~ Unknown
Life is a joke and I don't get it, but I'll try to make it.. Since laughter is the only escape from the pain that I feel. Is it sarcasm, or is it real?
~ Unknown
We don't kill for no reason. As he spoke, the hummingbird pulsed between his palms like a heartbeat, whirred into the air and flew.
~ Madison Smartt Bell
Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone...
~ Madonna
The funny thing is, the more you know, the more passionate you feel about life, and the more joy you feel, and the more inspired you feel, but then also the more disgusted you are with humanity [...] [this is] the paradox of life.
~ Madonna
Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.
~ Madonna Ciccone
I think that life is a paradox and you have to embrace that in your work and your belief systems... you can't be a literalist, and that's the trouble that people always find themselves in. That's why people always hit a wall with any of my stuff, because you can't take it literally.
~ Unknown
It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
~ Mae West
It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men.
~ Mae West
I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
~ Mae West
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
~ Mae West
I've been things and seen places.
~ Mae West
If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
~ Mae West
Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love — that's not so bad either.
~ Mae West
You only live once—but if you work it right, once is enough. —JOE E. LEWIS
~ Mae West
Tu vivi solo una volta, ma se lo fai bene, una volta è abbastanza.
~ Mae West
Sólo vives una vez, pero si vives bien una vez es suficiente.
~ Mae West
We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing in life, really. And I think we are all striving for it in different ways. I also believe very, very strongly that everybody is the hero/heroine of his/her own life. I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people can relate to my characters
~ Maeve Binchy
It's a funny old world. Once you realize that, you're halfway there.
~ Maeve Binchy
But an intelligent man like you would know that to live in an unrealistic hope is a very foolish way to spend a life." - Lena Gray
~ Maeve Binchy
He thought about how life never turns out like you think and hope it will.
~ Maeve Binchy
but in our minds these stories remind us that we are always waiting, and remind us of what we are waiting for — a respite, a touch of grace, something simple that starts us wondering. I am reminded of Oliver Goldsmith, who said, two hundred years ago, "Innocently to amuse the imagination in this dream of life is wisdom.
~ Maeve Brennan