Quotes About Life

Net als seks, net als drugs, net als alle manipulaties van onze geest, die eindelijk eens uit je schedel zou willen uitbreken en de wijde wereld in trekken, is literatuur een werktuig dat eerst gelukzaligheid produceert, en vervolgens teleurstelling. Na tienduizend boeken te hebben gelezen, kun je niet om de onvermijdelijke vraag heen: waar was mijn leven al die tijd?

Mijn leven heeft maar één as: thuis en op school, zoals mensen met een gebroken wervelkolom zijn ingemetseld in een gipskorset.

Es tan extraño tener un cuerpo, existir en un cuerpo...

Después de leer decenas de miles de libros, no puedes evitar preguntarte: ¿dónde ha estado mi vida durante todo este tiempo?

Quizá no viva dentro de una historia importante, quizá sea tan solo un personaje secundario pero, para un hombre que afronta el final de su vida, cualquier perspectiva es preferible a la de desaparecer para siempre

Cum spunea Wittgenstein, nu sunt posibile miracole în lume, singurul miracol este însuÈ™i faptul c? lumea exist?.

Intr-un fel, viaÅ£a ta avut sens dac?, în ÅŸirul nesfarÅŸit de momente banale, cenuÅŸii, triste, ruÅŸinoase, tic?loase, mizerabile, plicticoase din care orice via?? este compus?, s-a aprins totuÅŸi de cateva ori sau doar o singur? dat?, scanteia cutemur?toare a fericirii.

Opera artistului e cochilia sa, dar pe mine m? intereseaz? animalul care-a secretat-o din sângele È™i din carnea lui.

V?d zilnic oameni care locuiesc în case minunate, în acele case vechi, de pe marginea bulevardelor sau din zonele t?cute ÅŸi aurii ale oraÅŸului, case adev?rate, calde, cu personalitate, pe care le poÅ£i iubi ca pe femeia vieÅ£ii tale. Cu ce le merit? ei?

Ar fi însp?imânt?tor s? crezi c? din tot acest cosmos atât de armonios, des?vârÅŸit ÅŸi egal cu sine, numai viaÅ£a omului se petrece la întâmplare, numai destinul lui n-are nici un sens.

As long as you have not grasped that you have to die to grow, you are a troubled guest on the dark earth".

Asta n-o vor înÈ›elege ei niciodat?: c? nu eÈ™ti dator s? ajungi ceva, c? nu trebuie s? parvii nic?ieri, c? ceea ce import? în primul rând este s? fii tu È™i s? poÈ›i r?mâne tu însuÈ›i în orice împrejurare a vieÈ›ii.

Am iubit întotdeauna pe mai multe planuri, n-am ÅŸtiut s? sacrific totul pentru un sâmbure de adev?r sau de via??, de aceea m-am lovit de toate pragurile ÅŸi m-au dus valurile cum au vrut.

If one lives to a grand old age, loss is an accepted part of life. It comes with the territory

If my fellow Americans could adopt even a fraction of the French attitude about food and life (don't worry, you don't have to sign on to the politics, too), managing weight would cease to be a terror, an obsession, and reveal its true nature as part of the art of living.

As the French know well, ritual is how we give meaning to different aspects of being alive, including the most elemental: birth, marriage, death, and through it all, until the end, eating.

May you cross the sky united in the dark, May you rise in Iightland, the place in which you shine! Horus, go proclaim to the powers of the east And their spirits: This Unas comes, a spirit indestructible, Whom he wishes to live will live, Whom he wishes to die will die! UNAS PYRAMID TEXTS Utterance 217 Sarcophagus Chamber, South Wall The king joins the sun-god

Rise up, 0 Teti, you shall not die! Utterance 373 Antechamber, West Wall The king is raised from his tomb

If you love life, 0 Horus, upon his life staff of truth Do not lock the gates of heaven , Do not bolt its bars, Utterance 440 Sarcophagus Chamber, West Wall The king asks for admittance to the sky

Strengthen your borders, your frontier patrols; It is good to work for the future. One respects the life of the foresighted, While he who trusts fails. Make people come [to you] through your good nature, A wretch is who desires the land [of his neighbor], A fool is who covets what others possess. Life on earth passes, it is not long, Happy is he who is remembered

Life is a passage ; trees fall. Tread on the evil, put down my misery!

Lo, great and small say, 'I wish i were dead' Little children say, "He should not have made me live!" Lo, children of nobles are dashed against wails, Infants are put out on high ground.

God smites the rebels in blood. He who is merciful lifetime; Do not kill a man whose virtues you know.

This Unas comes, a spirit indestructible, If he wishes you to die, you will die, If he wishes you to live, you will live! UNAS PYRAMID TEXTS Utterance 217 Sarcophagus Chamber, South Wall The king joins the sun-god