“We kept chasing things...All life,
But where were we
When life was looking for us?”
Source: Such is Life
“Don't make choices out of desperation.”
Source: LIFE - has 'if' in it for a reason - make it count: How to make the most of life's opportunities
“Some people let things happen; others make things happen.”
Source: Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
“Sometimes things are better left unsaid until you're free of them.”
Source: The Daughters' Story
“We're all on death row, ultimately. Are you so stupid that don't see that? Sure, you kids in here, as enemies of the system, will assuredly die earlier than most. As well you should. But all of us everywhere have a one-way ticket to death.”
Source: Crazy House
“Dying," Morrie suddenly said, "is only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else. So many of the people who come to visit me are unhappy.”
Source: Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
“Beware irony, ignore criticism, look to what is simple, study the small and humble things of the world, do what is difficult precisely because it is difficult, do not search for answers but rather love the questions, do not run away from sadness or depression for these might be the very conditions necessary to your work. Seek solitude, above all seek solitude."
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Source: The Friend
“For a change, don't add new things in your life as a new year's resolution. Instead, do more of what's already working for you and stop doing things that are time-waste.”
“The truth was dawning on me of how terrifying it was not to be numb, but to be aware, to have facts, retain facts, be present, be adult.”
Source: Milkman
“the world wants
to touch your skin
but I want
to touch your heart...”