#eve

I did everything wrong," he said. "I misunderstood everything. Moon Child gave me so much, and all I did with it was harm, harm to myself and harm to Fantastica." Dame Eyola gave him a long look. No," she said. "I don't believe so. You went the way of wishes, and that is never straight. You went the long way around, but that was your way. And do you know why? Because you are one of those who can't go back until they have found the fountain from which springs the Water of Life. And that's the most secret place in Fantastica. There's no simple way of getting there." After a short silence she added: "But every way that leads there is the right one. ↗

— Michael Ende

#life

Then what's the point of trying if you can't even win?" "You win in lots of different ways," Asher said. "Lots of little wins. The point of this life is not to be good all the time. It's to be as good as you can. No one is perfect. No one does it right all the time. That's not what life is. ↗

— Cate Tiernan

#immortal-beloved #never-give-up #life

I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#life

Every singly lifetime, I'll choose you. Just as you have chosen me. Forever. ↗

— Lauren Kate

#heartwarming #incarnation #life #love #starcrossed

استهلكنا وقتا طويلا في الوصول لأفكار قيمة .. ثم وضعناها في الأوراق !! لا في الحياة !ا ↗

— أحمد عمارة

#life #أفعال #أفكار #حياة #كتابة

... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods ↗

— David Gemmell

#revenge #vengeance #life

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#even #high #may #price #purchased

I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim. ↗

— Tammy Faye Bakker

#does #every #i #i wish #jim

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. – Bill W. ↗

— Bill W.

#habit #honesty #patience #perseverance #self-examination

(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices all around them--the soft singing of the waters, the wisperings of the river grass, the music of the rushing wind--should not have taught them a truer meaning of life than this. They listened there, through the long days, in silence, waiting for a voice from heaven; and all day long and through the solemn night it spoke to them in myriad tones, and they heard it not. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#god #nature #religion #life