“I walked out to brood on this life of ours, which seems from birth to death to be a steady loss, disguised by sudden gains and happiness, which persuade us of good fortune, when all the while the glass is emptying.” SeemsLossBirthGainsFortuneGlassesThis LifeSteadyGood Fortune Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Birth into this life was the death of the embryo life that preceded; and the death of this will be birth into some new mode of being.” DeathBirthThis LifeEmbryos Book:Reason in Religion Source: Reason in Religion
“A flower is a daisy chain, a graduation, a valentine; a flower is New Year's Eve and an orchid in your hair; a flower is a single geranium blooming in a tin can on a murky city fire-escape; an acre of roses at the Botanical Gardens; and the first gold crocus of spring! ... a flower is a birth, a wedding, a leaving of this life.” YearsFirstsCitiesFireFlowerHairBirthSpringGardenGoldRoseLeavingChainsThis LifeNew YearValentineDaisiesNew Years EveAcresTinBloomingOrchidsFire EscapesTin CansCrocuses Author:Jean Hersey
“The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution - this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths.” LifeMindFirstsI CanSoulFunnyBornLosesRecordsWonderfulBirthHumorousEternityDepthWittyThis LifeEverlasting Author:Groucho Marx
“I hadn't gotten old enough yet to realize that living sends a person not into the future but back into the past, to childhood and before birth, finally, to commune with the dead. You get older, you puff on the stairs, you enter the body of your father. From there it's only a quick jump to your grandparents, and then before you know it you're time traveling. In this life we grow backwards.” KnowsPersonsEnoughBodyPastFatherGrowsRealizingChildhoodBirthThis LifeTime TravelBackwardsGrandparentStairsPuffCommunes Book:Middlesex Source: Middlesex