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It is not a single cowardice that drives us into fiction's fantasies. We often fear that literature is a game we can't afford to play — the product of idleness and immoral ease. In the grip of that feeling it isn't life we pursue, but the point and purpose of life — its facility, its use. ↗

— William H. Gass

#indolence #luxury #purpose #utility #life

The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#life

Today was the first day of the rest of my life. It was okay, I think the second day of the rest of my life will be better ↗

— Melissa Bank

#life

Love is the most priceless treasure life affords us ↗

— Alan Harris

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There is no thrill like the thrill of discovery; no life like the life of a mining camp in the days of its youth. Nevada had known them in full and overflowing measure. The salt of the sea in the blood of a sailor is but a weak and insipid condiment compared with the solution of cyanide, sage and silicate in the blood of the prospector. ↗

— C.B. Glasscock

#life

And how heartbreaking, because if it were all just a few degrees different, she is pretty sure they could be quite happy together. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#love #life

According to Kierkegaard, rather than searching for the Truth with a capital T, it is more important to find the kind of truths that are meaningful to the individual's life. It is important to find `the truth for me`. ↗

— Jostein Gaarder

#life

Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain? ↗

— Stanisław Lem

#life #mountain #perception #reality #stone

Our consciousness is a proof of our existence in this life. It's a chance given to us, to find a way to reach the eternity. ↗

— Toba Beta

#eternity #life #live #life

It is always the first and last steps that are the hardest to take. We walk away and try not to turn back, or we stand just outside the gates, terrified to find what's waiting for us now that we've returned. In between, we stumble blindly from one place and life to the next. We try to do the best we can. There are moments like this, however, when we are neither coming nor going, and all we have to do is sit and look back on the life we have made. ↗

— Dinaw Mengestu

#reflection #life