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Life Quotes (page 300)

I felt I had thrown away so much inmy life, but I also felt an unspoken bond between me and my city. I'd spent so much time wandering the streets of L. A. and hikingthrough the Hollywood Hills that I sensed there was a nonhumanentity, maybe the spirit of the hills and the city, who had me in hersights and was looking after me. Even if I was a loner in my ownband, at least I still felt the presence of the city I lived in. Anthony Kiedis
I've always thought there are two ways of getting what you wanted in life. Forcing people to give it to you, or making them want to give it to you. Candace Bushnell
Toni Morrison quote: "She wants you here as much as I do. For her it is to save her..."
She wants you here as much as I do. For her it is to save her life. For me it is to have one. Toni Morrison
A university is not, thank heavens, a place for vocational instruction, it has nothing to do with training for a working life and career, it is a place for education, something quite different. Stephen Fry
All witches who'd lived in her cottage were bookish types. They thought you could see life through books but you couldn't, the reason being that the words got in the way. Terry Prachett
Neil Gaiman quote: "I think...that I would rather recollect a life mis-spent on..."
I think...that I would rather recollect a life mis-spent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt. Neil Gaiman
I’ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wanted—like all orphans—to be the object of someone’s affection. This need has always been a hunger that went unsatisfied, and so thoroughly have I adapted to this inevitable hunger that I sometimes wonder if I really feel the need to eat. Whatever be the case, life pains me. Fernando Pessoa
Jodi Picoult quote: "When she wanted to escape her life, she read books"
When she wanted to escape her life, she read books Jodi Picoult
Down the hall I could hear the thud of basketballs, the blare of the time-out horn, and the shouts of the crowd as the sports-beasts fought: Lisbon Greyhounds versus Jay Tigers.Who can know when life hangs in the balance, or why? Stephen King
Noam Chomsky quote: "Don't be obsessed with tactics but with purpose. Tactics have..."
Don't be obsessed with tactics but with purpose. Tactics have a half life. Noam Chomsky
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Each day is a little life."
Each day is a little life. Arthur Schopenhauer
Jerzy Kosinski quote: "No one can help me find answers, least of all someone who..."
No one can help me find answers, least of all someone who claims he's found a solution to life. Jerzy Kosinski
An imperfectly remembered life is a useless treachery. Every day, more fragments of the past roll around heavily in the chambers of an empty brain, shedding bits of color, a sentence or a fragrance, something that changes and then disappears. It drops like a stone to the bottom of the cave. Barbara Kingsolver
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life."
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. J. R. R. Tolkien
Everyday life seems so permanent and unshakablebut, as I was reminded by these writers, it can be destroyed by a single phone call. Graham Greene

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