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Life Quotes (page 785)

I began to realize that life, despite moments of happiness and joy, is really about discovering priorities and dealing with unforeseen vagaries, differences, obstacles, inconveniences, and imperfections. Maureen McCormick
Sue Monk Kidd quote: "We write to taste life twice," Anais Nin wrote, "in the moment..."
We write to taste life twice," Anais Nin wrote, "in the moment and in retrospection. Sue Monk Kidd
William Shakespeare quote: "Let life be short, else shame will be too long."
Let life be short, else shame will be too long. William Shakespeare
I don't intend him, or any man or any woman, to be all my life - good heavens, no! There are heaps of things in me that he doesn't, and shall never, understand. E. M. Forster
C. S. Lewis quote: "Humour is...the all-consoling and...the all-excusing, grace of..."
Humour is...the all-consoling and...the all-excusing, grace of life. C. S. Lewis
Of course he had committed forgery;--of course he had committed robbery. That, indeed, was nothing, for he had been cheating and forging and stealing all his life. Anthony Trollope
With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he’ll never know. Hunter S. Thompson
She did not suddenly start being disagreeable this afternoon, she was so good at it, she had evidently practised whatever are the scales and arpeggios of rudeness every day of her life. Rebecca West
Maybe he didn't want that life after all, starting over broke, hailing a cab in a busy intersection filled with jockeying junior executives, arms aloft, bodies smartly spinning to cover every compass point. What did he want that was not posthumous? He stared into space. He understood what was missing, the predatory impulse, the sense of large excitation that drove him through his days, the sheer and reeling need to be. Don DeLillo
Memory is identity....You are what you have done; what you have done is in your memory; what you remember defines who you are; when you forget your life you cease to be, even before your death. Julian Barnes
Alan Moore quote: "IF YOU HURT INSIDE, GET CERTIFIED, AND IF LIFE SHOULD TREAT..."
IF YOU HURT INSIDE, GET CERTIFIED, AND IF LIFE SHOULD TREAT YOU BAD...DON'T GET EE-EE-EVEN, GET MAD! Alan Moore
Henry James quote: "It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing..."
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games Henry James
Louise Erdrich quote: "What is this life but the sound of an appalling love."
What is this life but the sound of an appalling love. Louise Erdrich
John Steinbeck quote: "It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if..."
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it. John Steinbeck
I think part of the reason I'm attracted to Foster is because he's such a mess. I mean, the people I have loved in my life have never been easy to love. I'm not used to normal. I'm used to disaster. I don't know, as messed up as he is, he's also sort of exciting, sort of a challenge. I'm accustomed to working for love. Augusten Burroughs

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