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 full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.
-Tom Bodett
No one who does good deeds will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come. When such people die, they go to other realms where the righteous live.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita "Bhagwad Gita 6.40-41"
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
-Paulo Coelho
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
-Ronald Reagan
Rise to the occasion which is life!
-Virginia Euwer Wolff
Life is given to us; we earn it by giving it.
-Rabindranath Tagore
People no longer try to decipher the mystery of life but choose instead to be a part of it.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Witch Of Portobello"
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
-Maya Angelou
