“Running is many things to me: survival, calmness, euphoria, solitude. It is proof of my corporeal existence, my ability to control my movement through space if not time, and the obedience, however temporary, of my body to my will. As I run I displace air, and things come and go around me, and the path moves like a filmstrip beneath my feet.” IfsBodyRunningMovingAbilitySpaceExistencePathAirFeetMovementSolitudeSurvivalProofObedienceTemporaryCalmnessComes And GoesEuphoria Book:The Time Traveler's Wife Source: The Time Traveler's Wife
“The advantage of pure, and the disadvantage of impure air are experienced each time we breathe, and all who understand the causes of disease know that an impure atmosphere is most unfavourable to the enjoyment of health, and an efficient cause to shorten human existence within the natural life of man. It is therefore most desirable that decisive measures should be devised and generally adopted to ensure to all a pure atmosphere, in which to live during their lives.” KnowsMenShouldHumansCausesNaturalExistenceAirPureDiseaseAdvantageBreatheAtmosphereEnjoymentEfficientDesirableAdoptedDisadvantagesHuman ExistenceNatural Life Author:Robert Owen
“The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood ... Life elsewhere was real and slippery and struggled in the arms like a big fish dying in air.” RealBigsExistenceCuttingAirDyingArmsHollywoodFishesBitesElsewhereSlipperyBig FishHollywood Life Author:Mae West
“Where do I begin and end in space? I have relations to the sun and air which are just as vital parts of my existence as my heart.” HeartEndsSpaceExistenceSunAirMy HeartRelation Book:The Wisdom of Insecurity Source: The Wisdom of Insecurity
“Like students going to school, the planes on their bombing missions fly over Beijing each morning. And each time I hear their engines attack the air I feel a certain slight tension, as if I were witnessing the invasion of Death, though this heightens my consciousness of the existence of Life.” IfsFeelsSchoolCertainExistenceConsciousnessMorningAirStudentsMissionsPlanesTensionEnginesExistentialInvasionBombingBeijingExistence Of Life Author:Lu Xun
“I want to explain the new alchemy [in the "From Earth, Air, Fire, and Water to a New Vision of Mind and Time"], which has to do with understanding what I call the subjective and objective qualities of existence.” WantMindEarthUnderstandingWaterExistenceQualityVisionFireAirObjectivesSubjectiveAlchemyNew Vision Author:Fred Alan Wolf