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Quote by Tim O'Brien

“Once you're alive, you can't ever be dead.”

Author

Tim O'Brien is an American novelist born on October 1, 1946. His works, set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, explore themes of war and memory through personal experiences and fictional narratives. O'Brien's writing style is unique, utilizing nonlinear storytelling and metafictional techniques. more

“Sometimes you see these people who are just so—God—so affected by all of it, where ambition has taken precedence over happiness. But when I meet people who really embody this serenity of knowing that they have had an amazing life—James Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, and Ethel Kennedy... They just seem to be effervescent.”

People Sometimes Seems Knowing Taken Ambition Affected Serenity Precedence Amazing Life

Author:Taylor Swift

“The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the neasure of our bodies are the same”

Mind Body Earth Land

Author:Chief Joseph

“Only poetry or madness could do justice to the noises.”

Justice Madness Noise

Book:H. P. LOVECRAFT äóñ Ultimate Collection: 120+ Works ALL in One Volume: Complete Novellas & Short Stories, Juvenilia, Poetry, Essays & Collaborations: The Call of Cthulhu, The Shadow Out of Time, At the Mountains of Madness, The Dunwich Horror, Dagon, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Outsider, The Whisperer in Darkness, The Cats of Ultharäó_

Source: H. P. LOVECRAFT äóñ Ultimate Collection: 120+ Works ALL in One Volume: Complete Novellas & Short Stories, Juvenilia, Poetry, Essays & Collaborations: The Call of Cthulhu, The Shadow Out of Time, At the Mountains of Madness, The Dunwich Horror, Dagon, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Outsider, The Whisperer in Darkness, The Cats of Ultharäó_

“Anyone who tells you that it is better to have loved and lost that to never loved at all has never done both.”

Done Lost Loved And Lost

Author:Jon Richardson

“I know very well that I have no reason to feel aggrieved - I am fully aware of how lucky I am, but knowing it and still being down makes me hate myself all the more.”

Knows Feels Wells Stills Reason Hate Knowing Lucky No Reason Hate Myself

Author:Jon Richardson

“My face seems too square and my eyes too big, like I'm perpetually surprised, but there's nothing wrong with me that I can fix.”

I Can Bigs Seems Eye Faces Appearance Squares

Book:Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“War does not answer war, war does not finish war. The only ending is peace.”

Doe War Answers