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To Live By Quotes (page 25)

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for pastime but not to kill time; who love books, but do not live by books. Robertson Davies
In our heart we know that life loves life. Yet we feast on some of the other life-forms with which we share our planet; we kill to live. Taste is what carries us across that rocky moral terrain, what makes the horror palatable, and the paradox we could not defend by reason melts into a jungle of sweet temptations. Diane Ackerman
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "I love those who do not know how to live, except by going..."
I love those who do not know how to live, except by going under, for they are those who cross over. Friedrich Nietzsche
They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because cats live by their ability to smell, it can no longer recognize things. I’m a cat that hit its nose. Umberto Eco
Jennifer Weiner quote: "I want to live in a world where people are judged by who they..."
I want to live in a world where people are judged by who they are instead of what size they wear. Jennifer Weiner
We often cause ourselves suffering by wanting only to live in a world of valleys, a world without struggle and difficulty, a world that is flat, plain, consistent. Bell Hooks
There you'll find the place I love most in the world. The place where I grew thin from dreaming. My village, rising from the plain. Shaded with trees and leaves like a piggy bank filled with memories. You'll see why a person would want to live there forever. Dawn, morning, mid-day, night: all the same, except for the changes in the air. The air changes the color of things there. And life whirs by as quiet as a murmur...the pure murmuring of life. Juan Rulfo
Rumer Godden quote: "A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy. Rumer Godden..."
A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy. Rumer Godden found in Power of Simple Living by Ellyn Sanna Rumer Godden
Alister McGrath has now written two books with my name in the title. The poet W. B. Yeats, when asked to say something about bad poets who made a living by parasitizing him, wrote the splendid line, 'was there ever dog that praised his fleas? Richard Dawkins
I hadn't grasped how days could be at once long and short. Long, no doubt, as periods to live through, but so distended that they ended up by overlapping on each other. In fact, I never thought of days as such; only the words 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow' still kept some meaning. Albert Camus
Viktor E. Frankl quote: "It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to..."
It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future. Viktor E. Frankl
Is this the curse of modernity, to live in a world without judgment, without perspective, no context for understanding or distinguishing what is real and what is imagined, what is manipulated and what is by chance beautiful, what is shadow and what is flesh? Terry Tempest Williams
Albert Camus quote: "We are created to live side by side. However, we only die for..."
We are created to live side by side. However, we only die for ourselves. Albert Camus
Each, in its own way, was unforgettable. It would be difficult to? Rome! By all means, Rome. I will cherish my visit here in memory as long as I live. Audrey Hepburn
They sat for several hours over a pot of tea and a plate of cake, and then they wandered the streets, impervious to time. By the end of the day, both realised that their lives had altered course. Penelope Lively

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