This Life Quotes

Pain destroys the illusions of false, that is, elitist pleasures. It burns from the inside out. It, therefore, sensitizes us to what is truly beautiful in life.

The thing that I'm most proud of in my life is that if a stranger came up to me and said, 'I can't stop drinking. I can't stop drinking. Can you help me?' I can say, 'Yes, I can help you.'

As for my personal life, I'd love to start a family of my own. I think I'd make a great dad, and I think shortly I would make a great husband.

My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's fortunate and you should go for it.

Behind any Strength lies a greater Love.

...I am now watching the movie of my life as I live it.

Sacrificing one's life on the altar of literature is in some ways like sacrificing a goat to some malicious spirit. It's not always a humane or necessary decision.

You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved.

You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life.

Was life always like that? she wondered. A game of hide and seek in which you only occasionally found the person you wanted to be?

I'd like to thank everyone I've met in my life.

It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen to the music. I have nothing now but praise for my life.

Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern.

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

I think life awards you if have your priorities in the right place.

... many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system.

God cast you in His play, wrote you into His story. He has a definite direction for your life. Fulfill it and enjoy fulfillment. Play the part God prepared for you and get ready for some great days.

I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own.

Be gone, sorrow, sickness, wheelchairs, and cancer! Enough of you, screams of fear and nights of horror! Death, you die! Life, you reign!

Dont be a life spectator.. take the plunge.

All my life I've been looking for diversity

If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.

You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for

To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents.

I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.

Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.

I have a life. My kids don't run my house.

I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK ABOUT YOU. THE BEST YOU CAN DO IN LIFE IS NOT PISS YOURSELF OFF.

Just remember everything happens for a reason. We just have to pick ourselves up, and look on the bright side of life.

I am not sure I trust you." "You can trust me with your life, My King." "But not with my wine, obviously. Give it back.

If you are a good student of life, wisdom becomes your rain, falling heavily on your mind!

No day is an ordinary day; all days are extraordinary, because life itself is extraordinary!

Stop crying; stand up and look around you; there is always a way out in life!

Visit the graveyards sometimes and read the headstone epitaphs! There is much to learn from the dark face of the life!

Creating life simply to destroy it is wrong.

You have always been deciding the truth of your life. It is how you decide to feel about it. There is no need to try to work out what something means. You decide what it means.

I see things beyond what other people see. I am always looking for hidden corners and closets of a life that I feel aren't explored either by the person who lived it or the people writing about it.

I swear in real life-probably too much-though I don't swear in front of my gran. We adapt to every situation.

Love is not materialistic. It's intangible yet somehow an undeniable feeling. You know it when you have it. I have lots of love in my life and I am blessed.

Life happens, and I write about it wherever I am.

I think I'd like to be inspirational to anyone who has a dream, anyone who wants to make more of their life than maybe what is set out in front of them. And you can!

I live a life that most girls only dream of.

You. I've spent my life waiting for you.' -Keenan

Sometimes I don't feel like the person that I'm supposed to be. I don't feel like I deserve any of this.

I thought you had forgotten me.” “I have spent my life remembering you.

Writing is primarily a sensuous and creative expression of life.

Literature must spring from the deep and submerged humus of our life.