Marty Rubin Quotes

I owe my last breath to death but not one breath more.

Rivers are lucky. They can only move in one direction.

Appreciation, not possession, makes a thing ours.

When set out to create order, they create only misery.

Things put in the wrong place have found a new place.

A love that requires constant attention is a doomed love.

Love is not insatiable. What is insatiable is the need for love.

The real blessings come without our asking or even knowing what they are.

Life is simple. You just have to stop trying to figure it out.

The game of love is complicated, but love is not complicated.

If one bite fills you, you don't need two.

My wants are so simple I don't even know what they are.

When an audience shares your prejudices you can always count on their applause.

A poet is a feeling, sentient being, not a word machine.

The only way to live well is to feel intensely.

Life is nothing, if you feel nothing.

A heart that can break is better than no heart at all.

Winter gold: the sparrow's footprints in the snow.

Philosophers tell you what they think. Artists show you.

There is no difference between being an artist and being in love.

cynicism springs from disappointments in love.

If love is not the answer, what is the question?

What if you have all the pieces and the puzzle still doesn't fit?

A few names have survived oblivion. In time, oblivion will have them all.

Of all the elements in the periodic table, not a single one is indestructible.

Sometimes just breathing is enough.

Maturity is the moment one regains one's innocence.

Flowers are the music of the earth.

I'm on the side of whatever keeps the flowers growing.

I have no heroes except flowers and children.

To speak of happiness is to create happiness.

To put one's career before one's personal life is like putting death before life.

Boredom is the price one pays for not enjoying everything.

One quick glance in the mirror is enough for a lifetime.

To know oneself means above all to know what one likes

The past lives through us. We are its legacy.

The most important truths are those which sustain us in our daily lives.

You can always count on God to do nothing.

Nothing can come of nothing. There is no room in my world for nothing.

Today is the day you've been waiting for.

Talking to people is the most educational thing I know.

I love to talk to people who love to talk. The warmth, the energy, the humanity.

I love talking the way Trappists love silence.

An aphorism needn't be true, but it should sound true.

We reach the end of our lives long before we reach the end of ourselves.

The fog eventually clears itself.

It doesn't matter what Christ or Buddha said, it matters how they lived.

Dreams were the first movies.

For lack of love one does a million other things.

Boredom is peace misunderstood.