3,134 Quotes About Life-and-living

Instead of worrying about what could go wrong get up off your ass and do it.

And you?”“Oh, I will go back to Century House and start again. And go back each night to my small flat and listento my music and eat my baked beans. And you will go back to Nikki, my friend, and hold her very tight,and write your books and forget all this. Hamburg, Vienna, Malta, Tripoli, Cyprus—forget it. It’s allover.

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE. DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE AND YOUR TIME. ACT NOW BECAUSE YOU DON'T DETERMINE WHEN THE LIGHT WILL BE OUT.

Combien naquirent sur les sols boueux de nos campagnes, en plein sable, dans la tempête, sans eau et sans lumière ? Le voyage n’est-il donc pas pour tout le monde le même ?Qu’importe. Le temps qui nous est accordé ne nous semblera infini que si l’amour s’en mêle. Et peut-être, de nos larmes dernières ayant troublé la poussière, reviendrons-nous, phosphorescents, de l’au-delà.Une vie minuscule contre l’éternité.

Adulthood was just a mask that people wore, the mask made up of a thick jowl and double chin and diamond earrings, or a green sporting shirt, but within it a man kept up the nonsense of his infancy, worse now for being without the innocence and the pure joy. Only the values of commerce gave this state a gloss of importance and urgency.

What I love best about Shug is what she been through, I say. When you look in Shug's eyes you know she been where she been, seen what she seen, did what she did. And now she know.

Trust me you have all the answers you've been lookin' for. Just give yourself some time. Step back and enjoy solitude.

Remember life, remember how it was. Climb trees, Michael Jackson, it all ends here.

Hope is valuable. The smallest fraction of hope can grow into the abundant mountain you need to keep going.