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"
Quotations
Life
Just when I found out the meaning of life, they changed it.
-George Carlin
Learning is retained through putting into practice; family prestige is maintained through good behavior; a respectable person is recognised by his excellent qualities; and anger is seen in the eyes.
-Chanakya "Chanakya"
Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want.
-Richelle Mead
"Last Sacrifice"
Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may… meet with great misfortunes.
-Aristotle
You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.
-David Nicholas
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
-E. M. Forster
The combat of life is greater than every other earthly combat.
-Plato
However mean your life is, meet it and live it.
-Henry David Thoreau
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
-Carl Gustav Jung
