One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.
-Agatha Christie
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"
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
-Henry Miller
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"
What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us.
-Robert Brault
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
-Audrey Hepburn
The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people will spend it for you.
-Peter Shaffer
"Five Finger Exercise: A Play"
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
-Robert Brault
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
-Robert Louis Stevenson "R. L. Stevenson"
You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.
-David Nicholas
