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“To live a very long time... is supposed to be the desired object of all human life. But it is not. The main thing is to ride the flood tide... How glorious it is to create! For those few moments of a lifetime when the stream is running full and deep: those are the justification for everything.”

Life Humans Long Moments Running Objects Long Time Lifetime Supposed To Be Human Life Streams Glorious Tides Justification Flood

Author:James Dickey

“In a dream thou mayst live a lifetime, and all be forgotten in the morning: Even such is life, and so soon perisheth its memory.”

Life Dream Memories Morning Lifetime Forgotten Such Is Life

Book:Proverbial philosophy

Source: Proverbial philosophy

“A whole lifetime was too short to bring out, the full flavour; to extract every ounce of pleasure, every shade of meaning.”

Life Whole Pleasure Lifetime Whole Life Shade Too Short Flavour

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

“No lifetime is long enough for those ... who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.”

Life Humans Long Enough Wish Blessing Lifetime Curse Being Human Endymion

Book:The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion

Source: The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion

“The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.”

Love Life Inspirational Should Mean Real Lasts Romance Sex Adventure Romantic Lifetime Excitement Inspirational Love Funny Travel Dictionary Next Adventure True Romance

Book:The Quotable Billy Graham

Source: The Quotable Billy Graham

“this is no dream just my oily life where the people are alibis and the street is unfindable for an entire lifetime.”

People Life Dream Loss Streets Lifetime Alibis

Book:45 Mercy Street

Source: 45 Mercy Street

“No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.”

Men Life History Greatness Pages Tests Lifetime

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)