There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.
-George Santayana
Quotations
Life
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"
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
-Mark Twain
Without an ever-present sense of death, life is insipid. You might as well live on the whites of eggs.
-Muriel Spark "Muriel Spark"
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
When we see everything in life as a game, we will be equally joyous when falling as we are when rising. If we can fully understand this – if we can see life as swinging on a swing – we will never fall apart when failure comes our way.
-A Spiritual Leader "Mata Amritanandamayi"
Life is given to us; we earn it by giving it.
-Rabindranath Tagore
You ask: What is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: Do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
-Freeman Dyson
"The Meaning of Life"
Die while you’re alive and be absolutely dead. Then do whatever you want: it’s all good.
-Anonymous
We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.
-Paulo Coelho
