Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, Wow! What a Ride!
-Hunter S. Thompson
Quotations
Life
Life becomes a festival when gaiety and culture blend.
-Anonymous "Anonymous"
Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.
-Alan Moore
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
-Paulo Coelho
"Eleven Minutes"
Rise to the occasion which is life!
-Virginia Euwer Wolff
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"
There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement; this is the final truth.
-Ramana Maharshi
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
-Charlie Chaplin
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
-Charlie Chaplin
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
-Ambrose Bierce
