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
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
-Søren Kierkegaard
The closer we come to death, the more important becomes this single indispensable thing called life.
-Leo Tolstoy
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
-Plato "Plato"
Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life.
-Natalie Babbitt
"Tuck Everlasting"
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
-Oscar Wilde
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
-Carl Gustav Jung
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
-Kurt Vonnegut
"The Sirens of Titan"
In life, whatever you achieve by putting in efforts will never give you happiness,
as the pain starts right from the time of making an effort. On the other hand, the
tasks that you enjoy doing, persist for long spells; then whatever you gain out of
it, the end result will always be both positive and effective for your life.
-Deep Trivedi
It is forbidden to live in a town that does not have a green garden.
-The Talmud "Talmud"
