“I shall strip away layer after layer of grime -- the toffee-colored varnish and caked soot left by a lifetime of dissembling -- until I come to the very thing itself and know it for what it is. My soul. My self.” KnowsSoulSelfLeftLifetimeMy SoulLayersGrimeToffee Author:John Banville
“In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.” LeftHellTasksLifetimePunishmentUnfinishedBurning In Hell Author:Andre Gide
“The lifetime we've left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can't be wrong enough and I can't hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.” FeelsLongStillsI CanEnoughPainLyingLeftBehindsDangerPromiseLifetimeStrangerFar AwayLeft Behind Author:Ben Harper
“. . . work even when I'm satisfied with it is never my child I love nor my servant I've brought to heel. It's always busy work I do with my left hand, and part of me watches grudging the wastes of a lifetime.” ChildrenHandsLeftWatchesWasteLifetimeBusySatisfiedMy ChildrenServantHeelsLeft HandBusy Work Book:An Anthropologist at Work Source: An Anthropologist at Work
“At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by the highest public office we attained in our lifetime, if that were true the current president (George W. Bush) would hold as much esteem as Franklin Roosevelt in our country, and Nelson Mandela in his. That cannot be the case. Rather, we will each be judged by the mark we've left on others.” IfsEndsCountryLeftPresidentCasesOur LivesOfficeHighestMarkLifetimeCurrentsEsteemOur CountryJudgedFranklinNelsonPublic OfficePresident George W Bush Author:Elizabeth Edwards