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Life Quotes (page 605)

There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, so let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. Bob Dylan
At the age of 40, having ordered meat very rare in restaurants all his life, he realized he actually liked it medium and not at all rare. Albert Camus
William Law quote: "Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new..."
Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life. William Law
Come and see us if you feel like it,' she said. 'I always expect people to ask themselves. Life is too short to send out invitations. Daphne du Maurier
Maybe we all live life at too high a pitch, those of us who absorb emotional things all day, and as mere consequence we can never feel merely content: we have to be unhappy, or ecstatically, head-over-heels happy, and those states are difficult to achieve within a stable, solid relationship. Nick Hornby
Mary Oliver quote: "Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?"
Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? Mary Oliver
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "Reason can never reconcile one to life: nothing allays the..."
Reason can never reconcile one to life: nothing allays the wants one cannot explain. Elizabeth Bowen
Her first reaction was one of hope, because his eyes were open and shining with a radiant light she had never seen there before. She prayed to God to give him at least a moment so that he would not go without knowing how much she had love him despite all their doubts, and she felt an irresistible longing to begin life with him over again so that they could say what they had left unsaid and do everything right that they had done badly in the past. But she had to give in to the intransigence of... Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Michael Crichton quote: "All your life, other people will try to take your..."
All your life, other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Don't you take it away from yourself. Michael Crichton
Terry Prachett quote: "His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense..."
His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few. Terry Prachett
John Keats quote: "Nothing ever becomes real till experienced? even a proverb is..."
Nothing ever becomes real till experienced? even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illustrated it John Keats
A BOAT beneath a sunny sky, Lingering onward dreamily In an evening of July — Children three that nestle near, Eager eye and willing ear, Pleased a simple tale to hear — Long has paled that sunny sky: Echoes fade and memories die: Autumn frosts have slain July. Still she haunts me, phantomwise, Alice moving under skies Never seen by waking eyes. Children yet, the tale to hear, Eager eye and willing ear, Lovingly shall nestle near. In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go... Lewis Carroll
wisdom is like a bottomless pond. You throw stones in and they sink into darkness and dissolve. Her eyes looking back do not reflect anything. I think this to myself even though I love my daughter. She and I have shared the same body. There is a part of her mind that is a part of mine. But when she was born she sprang from me like a slippery fish, and has been swimming away ever since. All her life, I have watched her as though from another shore. Amy Tan
It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone. Herman Hesse
There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under my jurisdiction. There are certain lottery tickets I can buy, thereby increasing my odds of finding contentment. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom share my body and life and money and energy with. Elizabeth Gilbert

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