1,150 Quotes About Alive

It didn't take inspiration to dredge up a list of plot points, but to find that moment — the perfect moment that defined a book, that made it come alive as something greater then the sum of its words — that required an alchemy you couldn't fake.

You know, sometimes I wish they would do this for us when we come home alive.

Slavery is alive and well, it just looks different today.

what if we were born of stars and dust. And when we die we mean as much to the sky as we do when alive?

There was a skyness to the sky and a nowness to the world that he had never seen or felt or realized before.

Bleeding for a decadeFor a decade,We bleed like there is no hell but the earthWe bleed like we were born to dare We bleed like there is nothing alive inside.We find a clueAfter a decadeBleeding is just to breathSimply keeps us alive.

Having regrets is proof of being alive.

Jenny and I once talked about how we manage to live despite the knowledge that we are all going to die. What's the point of it all? Why bother getting up in the morning when faced with such futility? Or is it the promise of death that inspires life? That we must grab what we can while there's still time? Is it the not knowing if today is the day that keeps us going? But what if this is the day? What if the hour is here? How do you stand? How do you breathe? How do you go on?

The world was alive, and singing and calling and whispering and laughing in the sort of way that was impossible not to fall in love with.