All Quotes By Tag: Life

“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.”

“So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”

“I’ve been in love before, it’s like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You’re not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things.You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he’s not there, you feel like an addict who can’t get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you’re willing to do anything for love.”- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept”

“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”

“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”

“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”

“please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.”

“How nice — to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”

“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be…”

“They say I’m old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!”

“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.”

“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”