“Black life is ambiguous, and a kaleidoscope of meanings, rich, multi-sided . . . we have frozen our vision in figures that caricature, at best the complexity of our lives and leave the real artistic chore of interpretation unfinished.” RealLife IsBlackVisionRichOur LivesFiguresArtisticComplexityInterpretationFrozenUnfinishedAmbiguousChoresCaricaturesKaleidoscopeBlack Lives Author:Charles Bartlett Johnson
“I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I see not beyond death. Let me live while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame and crimson, and I am content. I know this: if life is an illusion, then I am no less than an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.” IfsKnowsRealLife IsWhiteKnownRichArmsBattleIllusionRedLet MeHotBlueBlindMadWineEmbraceDenyFlamesMeatBladesJuicePalateCrimsonRed Meat Author:Robert E. Howard
“Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.” LifeMadeLife IsPleasurePoorRichAimPossessionNobleSubservientIgnoble Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. ''Ours'' is different. My father's spine was a knotted rope, the kind that women use in villages to pull water from wells; the clavicle curved around his neck in high relief, like a dog's collar; cuts and nicks and scars, like little whip marks in his flesh, ran down his chest and waist, reaching down below his hip bones into his buttocks. The story of a poor man's life is written on his body, in a sharp pen.” MenWellsKindLittlesDifferentStoriesUseBodyLife IsFatherWaterWhitePoorRichCuttingWrittenDogMarkBonesFleshHipsRanNecksReliefReachingPensVillageChestsScarBlankRopePillowWhipsSpineCottonRich ManPoor ManCollarsPremiumButtocks Author:Aravind Adiga
“More often than not, real life is so rich, complex and unpredictable that it would seem completely implausible in the pages of a novel.” RealSeemsLife IsNovelRichPagesComplexesReal LifeUnpredictable Author:Candice Millard
“The kenosis of the Son reveals the mystery of God who is Love. This gift of life is an extension of a mysterious exchange at the heart of the Deity. In God himself the One does not exclude the Other, it includes it. The Unity of God is so complete, so rich, that it is not solitude enclosed in itself, but rather the fullness of communion. And thereby, the source of all communion.” HeartDoeLife IsRichMysterySonSourceSolitudeUnityMysteriousCommunionExtensionsDeitiesFullnessGifts Of LifeMystery Of God Author:Olivier Clement
“Fish have got to swim. Birds have got to fly, and Clintons have to run for office. It's what they do. It's a metabolic urge. That's all they've done their entire life is borrow money from rich people to seek public office.” PeopleDoneRunningLife IsRichOfficeBirdClintonFishesUrgesSwimRich PeoplePublic Office Author:George Will
“I think we'd all like to believe that after we shuffle off this mortal coil, that there's going to be something on the other side because for most of us, I know for me, life is so rich, so colorful and sensual and full of good things, things to read, things to eat, things to watch, places to go, new experiences, that I don't want to think that you just go to darkness.” ThinkingKnowsWantBelieveLife IsSidesWatchesDarknessRichGood ThingsMortalsSensualColorfulNew ExperiencesPlaces To GoShuffle Author:Stephen King