All Quotes By Tag: Life

“Strange, what being forced to slow down could do to a person.”

“It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us.”

“I’m as cruel as life. As cruel as love.”

“The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.”

“Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?”

“People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals..that is..goals that do not inspire them.”

“Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day’s chalking.”

“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out of my ears, my eyes, my noseholes–everywhere. Until it’s every breath I breathe. I’m going to go out like a fucking meteor!”

“Life doesn’t require ideals. It requires standards of action.”

“No,’ Nico said. ‘Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that’s the trick.’ As soon as he said it, Nico realized he could’ve been talking about himself. He decided not to bring that up.”

“Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.”

“On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death. … Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life, and that the grave has no victory, for it never fights.”

“Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.”

“That I shall love always, I argue theethat love is life,and life hath immortality”

“Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.”