“Just to exist, just to be, to take a breath, to feel that, whether its pleasure or pain, loss or gain, just your experience in life is unique to you. No one sees life like you do.” FeelsPainHappinessLife IsLossPleasureLike YouBuddhismUniqueGainsBreaths Author:Frederick Lenz
“I once heard that women dress for women -- not for men -- and I think that has some truth to it. Men, what do they know? They don't know if you gain or lose five pounds. They're oblivious to those kinds of things. A lot of men will say "I like you just as you are." And you're like "But I'm bloated!" If they're attracted to you, they're attracted to you.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenKindLosesFiveHeardLike YouGainsDressesPoundsObliviousI Like You Author:Scarlett Johansson
“I keep trying to tell people. I said, at 40, 45, you're at that crossroads. You really are there. And it's not like you can have gain without pain, but this is it. The days are - like when I wrote this whole thing about, in the beginning of my first magazine. I said, "If you live to be 75 years old, that's 3,900 weekends. That's it."” PeopleIfsTryingYearsFirstsSaidWholePainLike YouGainsMagazinesWeekendKeep TryingCrossroadsWithout Pain Author:Sylvester Stallone
“It's not like you get up in the morning on the first day of shooting and say, 'I'm so smart today I'm going to determine every choice I make from now until a year and a half from now.' So it changes. You gain insights. The movie bucks you.” YearsFirstsTodayChoicesHalfMorningLike YouSmartGainsDetermineInsightGet UpShootingBucks Author:Robert Schwentke
“It's really an interesting crazy world where like ultimately you have to work your ass off and sacrifice a lot in your life and the end goal is personal and financial gain. You know, it's not like you're doing anything helpful to the world. You're really just trying to get ahead and to beat out the next person and to be on top and at the very top of those financial firms, like the people that make the crazy amounts of money I mean that's what their after.” PeopleKnowsWorldTryingMeanPersonsEndsNextGoalInterestingSacrificeCrazyLike YouAmountBeatsGainsFinancialAssFirmHelpfulGet AheadCrazy World Author:Dane DeHaan
“This is sams phone" there was a long,heavy pause, and then: "oh." Another pause. "Youre the girl, arent you? The girl who was in my house?" I tried to think of what i might gain by denying it and drew a blank "yes" do you have a name?" do you?" he gave a short laugh that was completely without humor but not unpleasent. "I think i might like you. Im Beck.” ThinkingLongMightGirlHouseNamesLaughingLike YouGainsPhonesHeavyBlankPausesShort Laugh Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“It's not like you take the right turning and you get everlasting happiness and you take the wrong one and your life's a disaster. In real life it's often impossible to tell which decision is the one you should make because what you stand to gain and what you stand to lose are sometimes-often-neck and neck.” ShouldRealSometimesLosesDecisionImpossibleLike YouGainsDisasterReal LifeNecksEverlasting Author:Marian Keyes
“My phone buzzes. It’s from Karou: a list of conversation openers that I won’t be needing. —a) Hi. I’m Zuzana. I’m actually a marionette brought to life by the Blue Fairy, and the only way I can gain a soul is if a human falls in love with me. Help a puppet out? —b) Hi. I’m Zuzana. The touch of my lips imparts immortality. Just sayin’. —c) Hi. I’m Zuzana. I think I might like you.” IfsThinkingWayHumansI CanSoulHelpingMightFallLike YouConversationGainsBlueFalling In LoveLipsPhonesListsImmortalityFairyPuppetsImpartJust Sayin Author:Laini Taylor