Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
-Edgar Allan Poe
Quotations
Life
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
-Woody Allen
That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.
-Emily Dickinson
Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
-Oprah Winfrey
Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.
-Julian Barnes
"Flaubert's Parrot"
I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
"Everything is Illuminated"
Let life be a deep let-go. See God opening millions of flowers every day without forcing the buds.
-Rabindranath Tagore
"The Gardener"
You have crossed the great ocean; why do you halt so near the shore? Make haste to get on the other side, Gautama; be careful all the while!
-Scriptures "Uttaradhyayana Sutra 10.34"
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
-Charlie Chaplin
